This volume brings together contributions by scholars working in the fields of literature, history, neuroscience, and disability studies to explore what we do when we read. Presenting case studies that range from ancient Rome to the e-book, the volume considers how reading techniques are evolving in the digital era and what constitutes reading.
...[a] fascinating collection...rather than dutifully map out the state of the field, Further Reading pushes at its boundaries and makes new connections, as its title suggests...This book is a substantial contribution to the study of reading not because it delivers a definitive picture of its subject, but because it delivers a sprawling and heterogeneous one.