Consuming Texts
Readers and Reading Communities, 1695-1870
Published on 1. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 239 pages
978-1-349-35757-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
1st ed. 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
X, 239 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-35757-4 (9781349357574)
DOI
10.1057/9780230590540
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Book
07/2007
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
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.
Content
Introduction: Consuming Texts Reading Has a History Reworking the Word: Readers and Their Manuscript Books, 1695-1730 Diversities of Reading Practice, 1695-1770 The Circulating Library, Book Club and Subscription Library- Readers and Reading Communities, 1770-1800 Communal Practice and Individual Response- Reading in the Late-Romantic Period Towards a Mass Audience, Or, John Clare and the Problem of the Unknown Public Conclusion: Texts Consumed Bibliography