1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453115603321

Autore

Fuller Danielle

Titolo

Reading beyond the book : the social practices of contemporary literary culture / / Danielle Fuller and DeNel Rehberg Sedo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-06774-6

1-299-44794-5

1-135-08038-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; ; 49

Altri autori (Persone)

Rehberg SedoDeNel <1965->

Disciplina

028/.9

Soggetti

Books and reading - Social aspects - History - 21st century

Books and reading - Social aspects - United States

Books and reading - Social aspects - Canada

Books and reading - Social aspects - Great Britain

Group reading

Book clubs (Discussion groups)

Reading promotion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reading -- Television -- Radio -- Money -- Worker -- Reader -- Book.

Sommario/riassunto

Literary culture has become a form of popular culture over the last fifteen years thanks to the success of televised book clubs, film adaptations, big-box book stores, online bookselling, and face-to-face and online book groups. This volume offers the first critical analysis of mass reading events and the contemporary meanings of reading in the UK, USA, and Canada based on original interviews and surveys with readers and event organizers.The resurgence of book groups has inspired new cultural formations of what the authors call ""shared reading."" They interrogate the enduring attrac



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451217103321

Autore

White Morton <1917-2016, >

Titolo

Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution / / Morton White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

1-280-52414-6

9786610524143

0-19-536307-8

Edizione

[New Ed]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi,273p.)

Disciplina

342.73/029

Soggetti

Political science - United States - History

Constitutional history - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the first synoptic view of the major philosophical ideas in "The Federalist". Using the tools of philosophy and intellectual history, it examines the theories and disciplines used in different degrees by the founding fathers in defence of the constitution.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393850503316

Autore

Stapylton Robert, Sir, <d. 1669.>

Titolo

The slighted maid [[electronic resource] ] : a comedy, acted with great applause at the theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by His Highness the Duke of York's servants

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Dring..., 1663

Descrizione fisica

[8], 80 [i.e. 90], [2] p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed to Robert Stapylton.  Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.)

Dedication signed: R. Stapylton.

First edition, second issue.

Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

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