Citations with the tag: READING -- History
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- Reading and Writing in a Changing World.
Ferreiro, Emilia // Publishing Research Quarterly; Fall2000, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p53Discusses the evolution of reading and writing. Emergence of the idea of school failure; Changes in the requirements for reading and writing; Role of publishers in multilingualism.
- Notes on Contributors.
Ferreiro, Emilia // Library; Mar2012, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p125The article offers brief profiles of scholars Paul Eggert, Joseph J. Gwara, and Mary Morse, who contributed to the writing of the journal.
- Not just the facts.
Lodge, Sally // Publishers Weekly; 8/12/1996, Vol. 243 Issue 33, p24Remarks upon the nonfiction series for children that are due in the fall of 1996. The Candlewick series which will be launched in September 1996 simultaneously with Walker Books in London; Presentation of historical information on facsimile newspaper pages; Other series, including Living...
- Censorship: A $#*!ing History.
Staskiewicz, Keith // Entertainment Weekly; 1/21/2011, Issue 1138, p78The article discusses the history of the censorship of books, examining famous books censored or which were attempted to be censored including the King James version of the Bible, "Fahrenheit 451," and "Dr. Doolittle."
- Books Received.
Staskiewicz, Keith // Library; Mar2013, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p119A bibliography is presented which includes the books "The Book of the British Library," by Michael Leapman, "Book Life: The Life and Times of David Scott Mitchell," by Eileen Chanin, and "The Rise and Fall of the Printers’ International Specimen Exchange," by Matthew McLennan Young.
- Recent Periodicals.
Staskiewicz, Keith // Library; Mar2013, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p109A bibliography of articles and periodicals related to book and publishing history is presented, including the article "'Marxist Publisher' by James S. Allen," by P.M. Filardo in the 2011 issue of "American Communist History," "The Storage of Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Their Travels...
- Medieval Reading Habits.
PATEL, SAMIR S. // Archaeology; Sep/Oct2012, Vol. 65 Issue 5, p18The article discusses a study led by Kathryn Ruby analyzing the optical density of 15th-century Netherlandish manuscripts of Books of Hours, or devotional prayer books, to learn about medieval reading habits.
- Recent Periodicals.
PATEL, SAMIR S. // Library; Mar2012, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p112A bibliography is presented on topics related to the history of books and manuscripts which includes table of contents' information for 2008 to 2011 periodicals including "Notes & Queries," "Library Quarterly," and "Libellarium: Journal for the History of Writing, Books and Memory Institutions."
- Recent Books.
PATEL, SAMIR S. // Library; Mar2012, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p109A bibliography is presented on topics related to the history of books and manuscripts which includes the books "Le livre demeure: Studies in Book History in Honour of Alison Saunders," edited by Alison Adams and Philip Ford, assisted by Stephen Rawles, number 97 in the book series entitled...
- Books Received.
PATEL, SAMIR S. // Library; Mar2012, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p124A bibliography is presented on topics related to the history of books and manuscripts which includes the books "National Identity in Great Britain and British North America, 1815–1851: The Role of Nineteenth-Century Periodicals," by Linda E. Connors and Mary Lu MacDonald, "To Put Asunder: The...
- Reading Readiness.
Durkin, Dolores // Education Digest; May1970, Vol. 35 Issue 9, p36This article focuses on the history of reading readiness as a part of school curriculum. It started in 1920s. So-called scientific measurements of human behavior began in that decade, and among the results of what became almost a craze to measure everything was the appearance of school surveys....
- Aprender a leer y escribir antes del a�o mil.
S�NCHEZ PRIETO, ANA B. // Estudios Sobre Educacion; 2010, Issue 18, p59In the Early Middle Ages reading and writing become marginal activities, but their social extension is wider than expected. This paper explores the methods used to teach both skills as well as the results of this teaching.
- Reading History.
O'Sullivan, Derry // AGNI; 1988, Issue 26, p187The poem "Reading History," by Derry O'Sullivan is presented. First Line: Somebody tried to whitewash; Last Line: Exploding their blind past.
- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada.
Fowler, Adrian // Newfoundland & Labrador Studies; Fall2011, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p299The article reviews volume 48, number 1 of the publication the "Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada," a special issue entitled "Book Culture in Newfoundland and Labrador," released in Spring 2010 and edited by Nancy Earle.
- Las redes ocultas del libro.
Fuentes Castilla, Enrique // istor; verano2011, Vol. 11 Issue 45, p57No abstract available.
- All ABOUT � BOOKS.
Fuentes Castilla, Enrique // World Almanac for Kids; 2005, p48The article offers a history of books. If a Roman emperor wanted to read a book, he had to unroll it. Books were written on long scrolls. Around a.d. 100 the codex was invented. It was made up of a stack of pages stitched together at the side and protected by a cover. In the Middle Ages...
- Some Significant Facts in the History of Reading as a School Subject.
Wells, Guy F. // Education; May1916, Vol. 36 Issue 9, p585The article discusses facts in the history of reading as a school subject in the United States. In the colonial period, the form element involved the recognition of the symbols and a small amount of ability to read orally and for thought. In the century and extending from the end of the colonial...
- Reading History: A Practical Guide to Improving Literacy.
Barlow, Dudley // Education Digest; Dec2005, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p77Reviews the book "Reading History: A Practical Guide to Improving Literacy," by Janet Allen and Christine Landaker.
- An Introduction to Book History.
Guibovich, Pedro // Lexis. Revista de Ling��stica y Literatura; 2008, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p355No abstract available.
- The birth of scientific reading.
Johns, Adrian // Nature; 1/18/2001, Vol. 409 Issue 6818, p287Focuses on the role of the printing press in the birth of scientific reading. Large number of books which existed by 1500, which claimed scientific discovery and rediscovery; Need to confirm what was true and what was not; Development of collective reading, which was adopted by committees...
- In Search of America's Past: Learning to Read History In Elementary School.
Dixon, Douglas A. // Theory & Research in Social Education; Winter2003, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p136The article reviews the book "In Search of America's Past: Learning to Read History In Elementary School," by Bruce VanSledright.
- THE ORIGINS OF MODERN READING.
Darnton, Robert // New Republic; 2/27/84, Vol. 190 Issue 8, p26Explores the history of reading by focusing on the story Jean Ranson, an 18th-century merchant from La Rochelle, France. Personal background of Ranson; Correspondences of Ranson with the Societe typographique de Neuchatel; Types of books owned by Ranson; Interest of Ranson in the writings of...
- A historical look at U.S. reading education.
Darnton, Robert // Reading Today; Apr/May2000, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p34Presents the book `Historical Sources in U.S. Reading Education 1900-1970: An Annotated Bibliography,' edited by Richard Robinson. History of literacy education in the United States; Selection of written works.
- History Vindicated or Aspersed.
Darnton, Robert // America; 10/11/1924, Vol. 31 Issue 26, p623The article reviews the book "How to Read History," by W. Watkin Davies.
- Leaving a trace.
Darnton, Robert // Design Week; 9/28/2006, Vol. 21 Issue 39, p21The article discusses the proliferation of books on graphic design history. An analysis by Rick Poyner over the state of play in the discipline is presented. Yolanda Zappaterra examines the tricky issue adopted by designers in designing books on graphics. The impact the graphically designed...
- A full man.
Breathnach, C.S. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition); 10/11/97, Vol. 315 Issue 7113, p923Comments on Francis Bacon's essay published in 1597 about the value of book learning, and its implications for medical education. Wise men's use of studies; Effect of studies on a man's character.
- THE PARDONER IN THE 'DOGGES BOURE': EARLY RECEPTION OF THE CANTERBURY TALES.
Allen, Elizabeth // Chaucer Review; 2001, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p91Discusses fifteenth century English readers' reception of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales.' Ways in which scribes found local ways to make the disruptions of the Pardoner character in 'The Pardoner's Tale' part of the book easier to read; Understanding of the Pardoner's challenge to his...
- Printing the Middle Ages.
Gueta, Anat // Parergon; 2009, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p168The article reviews the book "Printing the Middle Ages," by Si�n Echard.
- Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific: Reading History and Trauma in Contemporary Fiction.
Somerville, Alice Te Punga // Contemporary Pacific; 2010, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p486The article reviews the book "Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific: Reading History and Trauma in Contemporary Fiction," by Susan Y. Najita.
- History and the Early Modern Communications Circuit.
Richardson, R.C. // Clio; Winter2002, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p167Reviews the book 'Reading History in Early Modern England,' by Daniel Robert Woolf.
- Going Out to Play.
Sperlinger, Tom // Cambridge Quarterly; Jun2011, Vol. 40 Issue 2, p161The article reviews the book "The History of Reading," edited by Shafquat Towheed, Rosalind Crone, and Katie Halsey.
- Tudor Books and Readers: Materiality and the Construction of Meaning. Ed. by John N. King.
Carley, James P. // Library; Jun2011, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p179The article reviews the book "Tudor Books and Readers: Materiality and the Construction of Meaning," edited by John N. King.
- Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books.
Carley, James P. // Printing History; Jul2009, Issue 6, p46The article reviews the book "Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books" by Margaret Willes.
- Reading History in Early Modern England (Book).
Mendle, Michael // Seventeenth Century News; Spring/Summer2004, Vol. 62 Issue 1/2, p105Reviews the book "Reading History in Early Modern England," by D. R. Woolf.
- Impure Worlds: The Institution of Literature in the Age of the Novel.
COHEN-VRIGNAUD, GERARD // Studies in the Novel; Spring2012, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p108The article reviews the book "Impure Worlds: The Institution of Literature in the Age of the Novel," by Jonathan Arac.
- Book Ownership in Late Eighteenth-Century Scotland: a Local Case Study of Dumfriesshire Inventories.
Dunstan, Vivienne // Scottish Historical Review; Oct2012, Vol. 91 Issue 2, p265Late eighteenth-century Scotland saw a period of growth in the availability of print material set against the backdrop of the Scottish Enlightenment. Yet despite much scholarly attention having been paid to the Enlightenment and an increasing interest in the books people were reading, little...
- Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England.
Greenburg, Bradley // Shakespeare Studies; 2011, Vol. 39, p286The article reviews the book "Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England" by Jennifer Summit.
- Visestruki odnosi i neocekivani ishodi: prvo stoljece Hrvatske djecje knjizevnost iz vizure povijesti citanja, knjige I djetinjstva.
Hamersak, Marijana // Casopis za Suvremenu Povijest; 2009, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p783Following the advocacy of Roger Chartier and Robert Darnton for a dual historiographical and literary approach to the history of reading, in this article the author discusses the dominant supra-individual signifiers in children�s literature and the notions of childhood which are ascribed to...
- Roderick Random, Literacy, and the Appropriation of Plebeian Culture.
Thorn, Jennifer // Eighteenth Century Fiction; Summer2012, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p687This article characterizes Tobias Smollett's Roderick Random (1748) in terms of a specifically mid-eighteenth-century ambivalence about polite literacy and progress that both precludes its reading as a Bildungsroman and limits the utility of modelling the novel as an agent of empire. Though the...
- Toward a Natural History of Reading.
Tallmadge, John // ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature & Environment; Feb2000, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p33The article examines the nature of reading's history. It asserts the fact that natural history involves scientific practice and literary genre, and is capable of serving as a guide for both reading and writing. It also analyzes natural historian's erudition, which pays attention to the work and...
- Reading sensations in early modern England.
Sullivan, Erin // Medical History; Jan2009, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p154The article reviews the book "Reading sensations in early modern England," by Katharine A. Craik.
- The Textuality and Materiality of Reading in Early Modern England.
Martin, Nathan James // Sixteenth Century Journal; Fall2012, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p833The article reviews the book "The Textuality and Materiality of Reading in Early Modern England," edited by Jennifer Richards and Fred Schurink, part of the "Huntington Library Quarterly" series.
- FIRST BOOKS: Sorted by Subject.
Johnson, Kathie // Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity; Sep/Oct2012, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p11In this article, the author suggests several ways of arranging children's libraries so that they can easily be differentiated from public libraries. He states that to increase the searchability of books for children never distinguish between factual and fiction books but arrange them by similar...
- Proust and the Squid: The Story and the Science of the Reading Brain.
Kail, Candice // Library Journal; 8/1/2007, Vol. 132 Issue 13, p115The article reviews the book "Proust and the Squid: The Story and the Science of the Reading Brain," by Maryanne Wolf.
- Shaped by Stories: The Ethical Power of Narratives.
Addy, Rebecca G. // Sixteenth Century Journal; Winter2011, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p1261A review of the book "Shaped by Stories: The Ethical Power of Narratives," by Gregory Marshall is presented.
- Reading History in Early Modern England (Book).
Norbrook, David // English Historical Review; Nov2003, Vol. 118 Issue 479, p1329Reviews the book "Reading History in Early Modern England," by D. R. Woolf.
- Reading on the Farm: Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World.
BUCKRIDGE, PATRICK // New Zealand Journal of History; Apr2011, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p123The article reviews the book "Reading on the Farm: Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World," by Lydia Wevers.
- Reading History in Early Modern England (Book).
Mitchell, Rosemary // American Historical Review; Apr2004, Vol. 109 Issue 2, p469Reviews the book "Reading History in Early Modern England," by D. R. Woolf.
- Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution.
Starkey, Armstrong // Journal of Military History; Jan2011, Vol. 75 Issue 1, p262A review is presented for the book "Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution," by Ira D. Gruber.
- Forbidden Fruit: A History of Women and Books in Art.
Speidel, Nadine Dalton // Library Journal; 2/1/2010, Vol. 135 Issue 2, p63The article reviews the book "Forbidden Fruit: A History of Women and Books in Art," by Christiane Inmann.
