-
Thomas Kilduff deposited The Gift of the Gab: Exploring the Audiobook and the Festive Direction in the American Library in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoThe audiobook, in its modern form, was created in the 1930s to assist the blind community, World War I veterans and others unable to engage in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). This dissertation investigates exactly how the audiobook and, to a lesser extent, the podcast have been received and celebrated by the world of library and information…[Read more]
-
Thomas Kilduff deposited Gift of the Gab: Exploring the Audiobook and the Festive Direction in the American Library in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 5 years agoAbstract
The audiobook, in its modern form, was created in the 1930s to assist the blind community, World War I veterans and others unable to engage in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). This dissertation investigates exactly how the audiobook and, to a lesser extent, the podcast have been received and celebrated by the world of library and…[Read more]
- Load More
Open access, open source, open to all