![]() ![]() Valerae Hurley G’03, “Hawking Terror: Reading the French Revolutionary Press,” a part of her Drew PhD dissertation.Jessica Brandt C’93, G’19, “Just Send Zhivago: Reading Over, Under, and Through the Iron Curtain,” a part of her Drew PhD dissertation.Several of Rose’s students and a fellow Drew professor studied this field, and their work is showcased within the volumes. The Edinburgh History of Reading contains a strong Drew connection. “Historians used to think that it would be impossible to recover the inner reading experiences of ordinary people in history, but we have developed methods to explore not just what these people were reading, but how they read it.” “The history of reading is a new academic field that was largely pioneered at Drew University,” said Rose. Through essay contributions, the four-volume collection, co-edited with Mary Hammond, provides a global perspective and scholarship on readers and reading practices from medieval times to the twenty-first century. ![]() Kenan Professor of History Jonathan Rose adds to his impressive list of published work with The Edinburgh History of Reading. ![]()
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