Victorian Print Media: A Reader - Couverture souple

Plunkett, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199270384 ISBN 13 : 9780199270385

Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2004

Synopsis

Victorian culture was dominated by an ever expanding world of print. A tremendous increase in the volume of books, newspapers, and periodicals, was matched by the corresponding development of the first mass reading public. Victorian Print Media: A Reader consists of edited extracts from nineteenth-century sources which discuss all aspects of the production and circulation of print media. The extracts are organized into thematically arranged sections such as authorship and journalism, reading spaces, and the influence of print.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Victorian culture was dominated by an ever expanding world of print. A tremendous increase in the volume of books, newspapers, and periodicals, was matched by the corresponding development of the first mass reading public. It has long been acknowledged that the growth of the popular publishing industry played an instrumental role in the success of most major Victorian novelists. Traditional critical positions have, nevertheless, recently expanded into a much broader field concerned with media history, book studies, modes of textual production and consumption, and concepts of 'popular literature'. One of most notable current critical trends is a renewed interest in the importance of all aspects of nineteenth-century print culture. Victorian Print Media: A Reader collects primary sources from nineteenth century journals, newspapers, and periodicals into an anthology that can be used for teaching purposes, but is also intended to complement and encourage ongoing research. The extracts are organised into ten themed sections. Each section addresses a specific conceptual or historical issue, such as the impact of serial publication upon practices of reading and authorship. The themed sections demonstrate the multiple factors upon which the aesthetics of print media depended, making this anthology of use to all researchers, teachers, and students of the period.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Plunkett is a Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, School of English, University of Exeter. Andrew King is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Christ Church University, New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199270384
• ISBN 13: 9780199270385
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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