A history of reading and writing : in the western world / Martyn Lyons.

Author/creator Lyons, Martyn
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Books and reading--History.
Books and reading--Social aspects. --History.
Books--History.
Writing--History.
Printing--History.
Written communication--History.

Contents What is the history of reading and writing? -- Reading and writing in the ancient and medieval world -- Was there a printing revolution? -- Print and the Protestant Reformation -- Renaissance books and humanist readers -- Print and popular culture -- The rise of literacy in the early modern West, c. 1600-c.1800 -- Censorship and the reading public in pre-revolutionary France -- The reading fever, 1750-1830 -- The age of the mass reading public -- New readers and reading cultures -- The democratisation of writing, 1800 to the present -- Readers and writers in the digital age
Summary Lyons surveys the changing relationships enjoyed by ordinary men and women with the written word, from early times to the present day.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009047020
ISBN9780230001619
ISBN0230001610
ISBN9780230001626 (pbk.)
ISBN0230001629 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks Z4 .L69 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold