Bøker av Elspeth Jajdelska

Filling an important gap in the history of print and reading, this is an account of the changing relationship between speech, rank and writing from 1600 to 1750. It looks at authors ranging from John Donne and Jonathan Swift, alongside the writings of anonymous merchants, apothecaries and romance authors.

Based on a wealth of compelling arguments, Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator is an important addition to literary studies, eighteenth-century history, and book and print culture.