A History of Reading

This history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to today's digital revolution. It argues that it is the demands of the reader, acting alongside the will of the writer, that is the evolutionary motor of literary genres.

• | Author: Alberto Manguel
• | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• | Publication Date: Apr 21, 1997
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780006546818
• | ISBN-10: 0006546811