Verfasst von:	Williams, Abigail [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The social life of books
Titelzusatz:	reading together in the eighteenth-century home
Verf.angabe:	Abigail Williams
Verlagsort:	New Haven ; London
Verlag:	Yale University Press
E-Jahr:	2017
Jahr:	[2017]
Umfang:	viii, 351 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Format:	25 cm
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Fussnoten:	Literaturangaben
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Introduction : Home improvements
	How to read
	Reading and sociability
	Using books
	Access to reading
	Verse at home
	Drama and recital
	Fictional worlds
	Piety and knowledge
	Afterword
	Notes
	Index
ISBN:	0-300-20829-4
	978-0-300-20829-0
	978-0-300-24025-2
Abstract:	Introduction: Home Improvements -- How to Read -- Reading and Sociability -- Using Books -- Access to Reading -- Verse at Home -- Drama and Recital -- Fictional Worlds -- Piety and Knowledge -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index
	"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."--
Schlagwörter:	(g)Großbritannien    / (s)Lesen    / (s)Familie    / (s)Gesellschaftsleben    / (z)Geschichte 1700-1800
	(g)Großbritannien    / (s)Lesen    / (s)Familie    / (s)Gesellschaft    / (z)Geschichte 1700-1800
	(g)Großbritannien    / (s)Lesen    / (s)Buch    / (z)Sozialgeschichte 1700-1800
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Williams, Abigail: The Social Life of Books. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017. - 1 Online-Ressource (362 pages)
	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Williams, Abigail: The social life of books. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 351 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:	HK 1020
K10plus-PPN:	89481477X