Reading Revolutions: The Politics of Reading in Early Modern England

by Kevin Sharpe

Book Overview

This fascinating book - the first comprehensive study of reading and politics in early modern England - examines how texts of that period were produced and disseminated and how readers interpreted and were influenced by them. Based on the voluminous reading notes of one gentleman, Sir William Drake, the book shows how readers formed radical social values and political ideas as they experienced civil war, revolution, republic and restoration. By analysing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300187181
• ISBN13: 9780300187182
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"