History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1 hour of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past, consists of a series of essays, drawn from material contained in the Reading Experience Database, that illustrate ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Reading the English Bible
    • 1 Reading the English Bible
    • 2 Charles Dickens and his readers
    • 2 Charles Dickens and his readers
    • 3 Jane Austen’s readers
    • 3 Jane Austen’s readers
    • 4 A famous novel and its readers: Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847)
    • 4 A famous novel and its readers: Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847)
    • 5 Childhood reading in the 1870s and 1880s: the recollections of Molly Hughes
    • 5 Childhood reading in the 1870s and 1880s: the recollections of Molly Hughes
    • 6 Reading and World War I
    • 6 Reading and World War I
    • 7 Reading places
    • 7 Reading places
    • 8 Reading while travelling
    • 9 Samuel Pepys: diarist, book collector and reader
    • 10 Robert Louis Stevenson’s reading
    • 11 Reading Culture in the Victorian Underworld
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements