Belinda Jack
Biographic Data
| ID | 2147246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belinda Jack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belinda |
| FAMILY NAME | Jack |
| SIGNATURE | JACK B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reading: A Very Short Introduction
Reading: A Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating history of literacy and the opportunities reading opens. For much of human history reading was the preserve of the elite, and most reading meant being read to. Innovations in printing, paper-making, and transport, combined with increased public education, brought a boom in worldwide literacy from the late 18th century. Established links between a nation’s levels of literacy and its econo…
Reading
Forbidden reading
Censorship, book burnings, and secret reading highlight the relationship between reading and power, and hence the relationship between limiting access to reading and political control. But from the very beginning there have been dissidents who refused to give up the intellectual freedom provided by their reading in the face of despotic regimes. ‘Forbidden reading’ considers the history of book burnings undertaken by repressive political regimes, …
Ancient worlds
A great deal is known about reading in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, but it is important to remember that a good deal of what we think of as Greek and Roman literature was heard and not read. The Greek and Roman Empires included readers, but it was orality that remained the prized preserves of intellectuals. Writing and reading were often seen as both socially and politically disruptive. ‘Ancient worlds’ considers how slowly, but surely, re…
The Woman Reader
This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring what and how women of widely differing cultures have read through the ages. Jack traces a history marked by persistent efforts to prevent women from gaining literacy or reading what they wished. S…
Woman Reader
Épreuve avant la lettre: George Sand et l'autobiographie renversée
Trial Before the Letter: George Sand and Autobiographical Reversal The relationship between life and art is fascinating, and was so to Sand; under Sainte-Beuve' s influence, she lived to the full to make better art; but she also seems to have used art to anticipate on life. Did not Proust, despite his disdain for both Sainte-Beuve and "François le Champi", use that pastoral incest to sanction his own feelings - as well as his vocation
Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of "Negro-African" Literature in French
Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of "Negro-African" Literature in French
Introduction Discourses Surrounding French Texts about Africa and Africans: The Ubiquity of Les Sciences Coloniales Critics of the African Diaspora and Their Contribution to Debates in Paris Negritude and Literary Criticism Nationalisms and Literary Criticism: The Nature of Literary Engagement Seminal Studies: Historiography and Criticism The Wider Debate Conclusion Bibliography
Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of "Negro-African" Literature in French
Introduction Discourses Surrounding French Texts about Africa and Africans: The Ubiquity of Les Sciences Coloniales Critics of the African Diaspora and Their Contribution to Debates in Paris Negritude and Literary Criticism Nationalisms and Literary Criticism: The Nature of Literary Engagement Seminal Studies: Historiography and Criticism The Wider Debate Conclusion Bibliography
Épreuve avant la lettre: George Sand et l'autobiographie renversée
Trial Before the Letter: George Sand and Autobiographical Reversal The relationship between life and art is fascinating, and was so to Sand; under Sainte-Beuve' s influence, she lived to the full to make better art; but she also seems to have used art to anticipate on life. Did not Proust, despite his disdain for both Sainte-Beuve and "François le Champi", use that pastoral incest to sanction his own feelings - as well as his vocation
Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of "Negro-African" Literature in French
Negritude and Literary Criticism: The History and Theory of "Negro-African" Literature in French
Introduction Discourses Surrounding French Texts about Africa and Africans: The Ubiquity of Les Sciences Coloniales Critics of the African Diaspora and Their Contribution to Debates in Paris Negritude and Literary Criticism Nationalisms and Literary Criticism: The Nature of Literary Engagement Seminal Studies: Historiography and Criticism The Wider Debate Conclusion Bibliography
Épreuve avant la lettre: George Sand et l'autobiographie renversée
Trial Before the Letter: George Sand and Autobiographical Reversal The relationship between life and art is fascinating, and was so to Sand; under Sainte-Beuve' s influence, she lived to the full to make better art; but she also seems to have used art to anticipate on life. Did not Proust, despite his disdain for both Sainte-Beuve and "François le Champi", use that pastoral incest to sanction his own feelings - as well as his vocation
Woman Reader
The Woman Reader
This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring what and how women of widely differing cultures have read through the ages. Jack traces a history marked by persistent efforts to prevent women from gaining literacy or reading what they wished. S…
Reading: A Very Short Introduction
Reading: A Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating history of literacy and the opportunities reading opens. For much of human history reading was the preserve of the elite, and most reading meant being read to. Innovations in printing, paper-making, and transport, combined with increased public education, brought a boom in worldwide literacy from the late 18th century. Established links between a nation’s levels of literacy and its econo…
Reading
Forbidden reading
Censorship, book burnings, and secret reading highlight the relationship between reading and power, and hence the relationship between limiting access to reading and political control. But from the very beginning there have been dissidents who refused to give up the intellectual freedom provided by their reading in the face of despotic regimes. ‘Forbidden reading’ considers the history of book burnings undertaken by repressive political regimes, …
Ancient worlds
A great deal is known about reading in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, but it is important to remember that a good deal of what we think of as Greek and Roman literature was heard and not read. The Greek and Roman Empires included readers, but it was orality that remained the prized preserves of intellectuals. Writing and reading were often seen as both socially and politically disruptive. ‘Ancient worlds’ considers how slowly, but surely, re…
Art (6 works) · History (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Reading (process) (4 works) · Censorship (3 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)