History of Reading and Writing

MARTYN LYONS is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of several works on French revolutionary history and on the history of reading and writing practices. His publications include Le Triomphe du Livre, Readers and Society in 19th Century France, and Reading Culture and Writing Practices in 19th Century France.

• What is the History of Reading and Writing?Reading and Writing in the Ancient and Medieval worldWas There a Printing Revolution?Print and the Protestant ReformationRenaissance Books and Humanist ReadersPrint and Popular CultureThe Rise of Literacy in the Early Modern West, c.1600-1800Censorship and the Reading Public in Pre-revolutionary FranceThe Reading Fever, 1750-1830The Age of the Mass Reading PublicNew Readers and Reading CulturesThe Democratisation of Writing, 1800 to the PresentReaders and Writers in the Digital AgeFurther Reading.

'A History of Reading and Writing in the Western World provides a thought provoking overview and analysis of a vast range of time and ideas. I would certainly recommend this as a set text for my Book History courses.' - Jane Potter, Oxford Brookes 'A History of Reading and Writing in the Western World fills a crying need for an introductory transnational Book History textbook.' - Jonathan Rose, Drew University