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Una historia de la lectura y de la escritura en el mundo occidental
La historia de la lectura y de la escritura abordada por Martyn Lyons sigue la línea de investigaciones de Roger Chartier, Guglielmo Cavallo y Armando Petrucci; como ellos, en lugar de poner el acento en los productores de libros o en los autores, Lyons lo sitúa en los lectores, en su capacidad para seleccionar, interpretar y rehacer lo que leen. Por otro lado, entre el autor y el lector existen otros factores que determinan su relación a través del la forma física, el formato o la disposición tipográfica que adoptan los textos en cada una de sus ediciones y, si las hubiera, en sus sucesivas reediciones.
Actualizada y prologada por el autor, esta nueva edición resulta esencial tanto para los especialistas como para los que se inician en el estudio de la lectura y de la escritura. De manera crítica, Lyons analiza la formación de la historia social de la cultura escrita y nos embarca en un recorrido fascinante desde la Antigüedad hasta el presente.
Actualizada y prologada por el autor, esta nueva edición resulta esencial tanto para los especialistas como para los que se inician en el estudio de la lectura y de la escritura. De manera crítica, Lyons analiza la formación de la historia social de la cultura escrita y nos embarca en un recorrido fascinante desde la Antigüedad hasta el presente.
492 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 24, 2024
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About the author
Martyn Lyons
30 books10 followersEmeritus Professor of History & European Studies
BA DPhil Oxford FAHA
School of Humanities and Languages
He was born in London, took his D.Phil. at Oxford University and has been at UNSW since 1977. He is a former head of the history school, and was the Faculty’s Associate Dean for Research and Postgraduate Affairs from 2002-7. He is currently Professor of History and European Studies in the School of Humanities. His main research interests are in two distinct fields: French revolutionary and Napoleonic history and the history of books, reading and writing in Europe and Australia. He has produced sixteen books, including 'A History of Reading and Writing in the Western World' (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010), and more recently 'The Writing Culture of ordinary people in Europe, c. 1860-1920' (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
He is currently working on an ARC-funded project to investigate the writing practices of uneducated and semi-literate peasants in France, Spain and Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He has held visiting positions at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the University of Alcalá de Henares and the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niteroi, Brazil. In 1997, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy for the Humanities. In 2003, he was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to the Humanities in the study of History. In 2008-20, he was President of the Australian Historical Association. In 2008, he was Campagnia di San Paolo- Bogliasco Foundation Fellow at the Liguria Study Centre in Genoa, and in 2010 he was a Camargo Foundation Fellow in Cassis, France.
BA DPhil Oxford FAHA
School of Humanities and Languages
He was born in London, took his D.Phil. at Oxford University and has been at UNSW since 1977. He is a former head of the history school, and was the Faculty’s Associate Dean for Research and Postgraduate Affairs from 2002-7. He is currently Professor of History and European Studies in the School of Humanities. His main research interests are in two distinct fields: French revolutionary and Napoleonic history and the history of books, reading and writing in Europe and Australia. He has produced sixteen books, including 'A History of Reading and Writing in the Western World' (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010), and more recently 'The Writing Culture of ordinary people in Europe, c. 1860-1920' (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
He is currently working on an ARC-funded project to investigate the writing practices of uneducated and semi-literate peasants in France, Spain and Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He has held visiting positions at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the University of Alcalá de Henares and the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niteroi, Brazil. In 1997, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy for the Humanities. In 2003, he was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to the Humanities in the study of History. In 2008-20, he was President of the Australian Historical Association. In 2008, he was Campagnia di San Paolo- Bogliasco Foundation Fellow at the Liguria Study Centre in Genoa, and in 2010 he was a Camargo Foundation Fellow in Cassis, France.
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