Reading Between the Lines

Parish Libraries and Their Readers in Early Modern England, 1558-1709
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-36369-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 120, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 761 g

Reihe: Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - The Handpress World

This book provides an overview of the establishment and use of parish libraries in early modern England and includes a thematic analysis of surviving marginalia and readers' marks. This book is the first direct and detailed analysis of parish libraries in early modern England and uses a case-study approach to the examination of foundation practices, physical and intellectual accessibility, the nature of the collections, and the ways in which people used these libraries and read their books.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purdy, Jessica G

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica G. Purdy, PhD (2021, Manchester Metropolitan University) is Associate Lecturer in Early Modern British History at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on books, libraries, gender, and identity in the early modern period. She co-published an edited volume, Communities of Print, with Brill in 2021.