|
Product Description
A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century
Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the lives and literary culture of the time, offering new perspectives on how books have been used by their readers, and the part they have played in middle-class homes and families.
Drawing on marginalia, letters and diaries, library catalogues, elocution manuals, subscription lists, and more, Williams offers fresh and fascinating insights into reading, performance, and the history of middle-class home life.
Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the lives and literary culture of the time, offering new perspectives on how books have been used by their readers, and the part they have played in middle-class homes and families.
Drawing on marginalia, letters and diaries, library catalogues, elocution manuals, subscription lists, and more, Williams offers fresh and fascinating insights into reading, performance, and the history of middle-class home life.
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life: A Library of America Special Publication
- The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization
- The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
- Thomas Jefferson's Education
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading
- Book Parts
- Revolution Against Empire: Taxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)
- The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words
- The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age
- Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800: A Practical Guide
*If this is not the "The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home (The Lewis Walpole Series " product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Nov 14, 2024 11:12 +08.