Nation of Bookworms?
Czechs as Readers
Published on 15. July 2021
180 pages
978-80-246-4662-6 (ISBN)
Description
Nation of Bookworms takes an in-depth look at the reading culture of the Czech Republic--the country with the highest number of libraries per capita worldwide. Drawing on studies and oral interviews of Czech readers conducted by the National Library of the Czech Republic and the Institute of Czech Literature between 2007 and 2018, the book presents intriguing new research on Czech readership and society. Jirí Trávnícek deftly sifts through hard data and first-person reportage, illuminating the myriad components that make up reading culture, such as print-reading, screen-reading, libraries, book sales, the social lives of readers, time spent reading, and reading preferences. Trávnícek also takes a global look at literary love, exploring the parallels between the reading cultures of other countries and the Czechs' unique fervor for the written word. Nation of Bookworms is essential reading for bibliophiles on every continent.
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12/2021
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Tables and graphs
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Reading culture
- 2 From a historical standpoint
- 3 From the present-day standpoint
- 4 From the standpoint of discourse
- 5 From the statistical standpoint
- 6 From the standpoint of reading life-stories
- 7 From a comparative standpoint
- 8 From the participants' and experts' standpoints
- 9 Reading in times of civilizational fatigue
- Bibliography
- Appendices
- Index
