Reading: A Very Short Introduction

by Belinda Jack

Today many people take reading for granted, but we remain some way off from attaining literacy for the global human population. And whilst we think we know what reading is, it remains in many ways a mysterious process, or set of processes. The effects of reading are myriad: it can be informative, distracting, moving, erotically arousing, politically motivating, spiritual, and much, much more. At different times and in different places reading means...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198820585
• ISBN13: 9780198820581
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"