The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century - Couverture souple

Russell, Gillian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108720668 ISBN 13 : 9781108720663

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Often regarded as trivial and disposable, printed ephemera, such as tickets, playbills and handbills, was essential in the development of eighteenth-century culture. In this original study, richly illustrated with examples from across the period, Gillian Russell examines the emergence of the cultural category of printed ephemera, its relationship with forms of sociability, the history of the book, and ideas of what constituted the boundaries of literature and literary value. Russell explores the role of contemporary collectors such as Sarah Sophia Banks in preserving such material, arguing for 'ephemerology' as a distinctive strand of popular antiquarianism. Multi-disciplinary in scope, The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century reveals new perspectives on the history of theatre, the fiction of Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, and on the history of bibliography, as well as highlighting the continuing relevance of the concept of ephemerality to how we connect through social media today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gillian Russell is Professor of English at the University of York. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, she is internationally renowned for her innovative interdisciplinary research that began with The Theatres of War: Performance, Culture and Society, 1793–1815 (1995). She has pioneered field-changing new directions in scholarship – on war and theatre and on the study of sociability. Her books include Romantic Sociability: Social Networks and Literary Culture 1770–1840 (Cambridge, 2002), co-edited with Clara Tuite, Women, Sociability and Theatre in Georgian London (Cambridge, 2007), and Tracing War in British Enlightenment and Romantic Culture, co-edited with Neil Ramsey (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108720668
• ISBN 13: 9781108720663
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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