A History of Reading in the West

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A History of Reading in the West

Author	: Guglielmo Cavallo
File Size	: 45,7 Mb
Publisher	: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 05 May 1999
ISBN	: 1558494111
Pages	: 492 pages

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A History of Reading in the West by Guglielmo Cavallo Book PDF Summary

Literature has not always been written in the same ways, nor has it been received or read in the same ways over the course of Western civilization. Cavallo (Greek palaeography, U. of Rome La Sapienza), Chartier (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris) and a number of other international contributors, address themes that highlight the transformation of reading methods and materials over the ages, such as the way texts in the Middle Ages were often written with the voice in mind, as they would have been read aloud, or even sung. Articles explore the innovations in the physical evolution of the book, as well as the growth and development of a broad-based reading public.

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