History of reading tutorial 2: 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 free course, History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts a case study of Robinson Crusoe, is the second tutorial in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, and explores the use of historical evidence to understand the reading and reception of a literary text, in this case Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe. The first tutorial in this series (Red_1) shows how historians have uncovered evidence of reading in the past, while the next tutorial (Red_3) demonstrates how evidence of a writers reading can add to our understanding of their literary output. UK RED is a resource built and maintained at The Open University.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Overview
• 1 Overview
• 2 Robinson Crusoe
• 2 Robinson Crusoe
• 3 Childhood reading of Robinson Crusoe
• 3 Childhood reading of Robinson Crusoe
• 4 Female readers of Robinson Crusoe
• 4 Female readers of Robinson Crusoe
• 5 Male readers of Robinson Crusoe
• 5 Male readers of Robinson Crusoe
• 6 Conclusion
• 6 Conclusion
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements