Consuming texts : readers and reading communities, 1695-1870
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Consuming texts : readers and reading communities, 1695-1870
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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University of Tsukuba Library, Library on Library and Information Science
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
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
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