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  • This volume explores the challenges and possibilities of research into the Eur... This volume explores the challenges and possibilities of research into the European dimensions of popular print culture. Popular print culture has traditionally been studied with a national focus. Recent research has revealed however that popular... more
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  • The start of the twenty-first century has brought with it a rich variety of wa... The start of the twenty-first century has brought with it a rich variety of ways in which readers can connect with one another access texts and make sense of what they are reading. At the same time new technologies have also opened up exciting... more
  • The contributors break new ground by focusing on the impact representations of... The contributors break new ground by focusing on the impact representations of women readers have had on understandings of literacy and certain reading practices the development of book and print culture and the categorization of texts into high and... more
  • The significant archive of writing that came out of the women s liberation mov... The significant archive of writing that came out of the women s liberation movement in the United States from 1965 to 1980 speaks to the value activists placed on reading as an act that is at once personal and yet also about the collective good.... more
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  • Literary and popular culture has often focused its attention on women readers ... Literary and popular culture has often focused its attention on women readers particularly since early Victorian times. In Reading Women an esteemed group of new and established scholars provides a close study of the evolution of the woman reader by... more
  • In The Book Unbound scholars and editors examine how best to use new technolog... In The Book Unbound scholars and editors examine how best to use new technological tools and new methodologies with artefacts of medieval literature and culture. Taking into consideration English French Anglo-Norman and Latin texts from several... more
  • A probing look at the afterlife of a classic American novel Uncle Tom s Cabin ... A probing look at the afterlife of a classic American novel Uncle Tom s Cabin and the Reading Revolution explores a transformation in the cultural meaning of Stowe s influential book by addressing changes in reading practices and a shift in widely... more
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