Consuming Texts: Readers and Reading Communities, 1695-1870

Colclough, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0230525385 / ISBN 13: 9780230525382

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; CFC; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422. . 2007. 2007th Edition. hardcover. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9780230525382

Synopsis :

This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period.

À propos de l?auteur: STEPHEN COLCLOUGH is Lecturer in Nineteenth and Twentieth-century Literature at the University of Wales, Bangor. From 2001 - 2005 he was AHRC Fellow in Book History at the Centre for Writing and Publishing, University of Reading. He has published widely on the history of reading and text dissemination.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Consuming Texts: Readers and Reading ...
Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition : 2007
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New