The article offers an initial reflection on what microhistory as a critical lens, in Carlo Ginzburg’s acceptation and practice, to the extent that it proposes the study of unique events as being central to the understanding of culture and ideas at given times, can do for a history of the book that keeps the reader in the picture.

Bookscapes through microhistory. Looking for the (un)common reader in early modern England

Anna Maria Cimitile
2023-01-01

Abstract

The article offers an initial reflection on what microhistory as a critical lens, in Carlo Ginzburg’s acceptation and practice, to the extent that it proposes the study of unique events as being central to the understanding of culture and ideas at given times, can do for a history of the book that keeps the reader in the picture.
2023
Inglese
80 (2023)
https://journals.openedition.org/1718/12419
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microhistory and book history, the circulation of books in early modernity, looking for early modern 'uncommon' readers
XVII-XVIII è la rivista della Société d’Études Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles (Francia), inclusa in OpenEdition Journals (https://journals.openedition.org).
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