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Tutorial One: Finding evidence of reading in the past
How do we know what people read in the past, and how they read it? This tutorial, the first in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use the resource, explores the types of evidence historians have uncovered about the history of reading.
Tutorial Two: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
How have famous books been read and received by audiences in the past? This tutorial, the second in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, explores the use of historical evidence to understand the reading and reception of a literary text, in this case Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Tutorial Three: Famous writers and their reading – Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
Have you ever wondered about the reading tastes and habits of famous writers in the past? This tutorial, the third in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, explores the connections between the evidence of a writer’s reading and their literary output.
