TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Abigail
TI  - The social life of books: reading together in the eighteenth-century home 
T2  - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
SN  - 9780300228106
AV  - Z1003 .W55 2017eb
U1  - 002.09 22
PY  - 2017///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Families
KW  - Livres et lecture
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Aspect sociologique
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Publishing
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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