The History of the Book
Publishing Networks in France in the Early Era of Print
1st Edition
By Diane E. Booton
January 21, 2023
This book examines commercial and personal connections in the early modern book trade in Paris and northwestern France, ca. 1450–1550. The book market, commercial trade, and geo-political ties connected the towns of Paris, Caen, Angers, Rennes, and Nantes, making this a fertile area for the ...
Historical Networks in the Book Trade
1st Edition
Edited
By Catherine Feely, John Hinks
January 03, 2019
The book trade historically tended to operate in a spirit of co-operation as well as competition. Networks between printers, publishers, booksellers and related trades existed at local, regional, national and international levels and were a vital part of the business of books for several centuries....
Art and Commerce in the British Short Story, 1880–1950
1st Edition
By Dean Baldwin
January 20, 2016
The short story was a commercial phenomenon which took off in the late nineteenth century and lasted through to the rise of television and film. Baldwin uses a wide variety of sources to show how economic factors helped to dictate how and what a wide variety of authors wrote....
Charles Lamb, Elia and the London Magazine: Metropolitan Muse
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By Simon P Hull
January 20, 2016
The inherent 'metropolitanism' of writing for a Romantic-era periodical is here explored through the Elia articles that Charles Lamb wrote for the London Magazine....
Conservatism and the Quarterly Review: A Critical Analysis
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Edited
By Jonathan Cutmore
January 20, 2016
In its time, the Quarterly Review was thought to closely reflect government policy, however, the essays in this volume reveal that it was inconsistent in its support of government positions and reflected disagreement over a broad range of religious, economic and political issues....
Contributors to the Quarterly Review: A History, 1809-25
1st Edition
By Jonathan Cutmore
January 20, 2016
The "Quarterly Review" presents a rare opportunity to Romantic scholars to test the truth of Marilyn Butler's claim that the early nineteenth-century periodical is the matrix for democratization of public writing and reading. This is the second title in this series to look at its influence....
Elizabeth Inchbald's Reputation: A Publishing and Reception History
1st Edition
By Ben P Robertson
January 20, 2016
Through an examination of her complete works and public response to them, Robertson gauges the extent of Inchbald's reputation as the dignified Mrs Inchbald, as well as providing a clear sense of what it meant to be a female Romantic writer....
Middle-Class Writing in Late Medieval London
1st Edition
By Malcolm Richardson
January 20, 2016
Richardson explores how a powerful culture of writing was created in late medieval London, even though initially few inhabitants could actually write themselves. Whilst previous studies have tended to focus on middle-class literary reading patterns, this study examines writing skills separately ...
Reading in History: New Methodologies from the Anglo-American Tradition
1st Edition
Edited
By Bonnie Gunzenhauser
January 20, 2016
A collection of essays that offer a methodological framework for the history of reading. Focusing on a specific historical moment, it gathers statistics about such issues as literacy rates, library subscriptions, publication and sales figures, and print runs to answer questions about what was being...
Readings on Audience and Textual Materiality
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Edited
By Carrie Griffin, Graham Allen, Mary O'Connell
January 20, 2016
The twelve essays in this edited collection examine the experience of reading, from the late medieval period to the twentieth century. Central to the theme of the book is the role of materiality: how the physical object – book, manuscript, libretto – affects the experience of the person reading it....
Romantic Marginality: Nation and Empire on the Borders of the Page
1st Edition
By Alex Watson
January 20, 2016
This is the first critical study of Romantic-era annotation or marginalia – footnotes, endnotes, glossaries – which formed a vital site of literary interaction....
Socialism and Print Culture in America, 1897–1920
1st Edition
By Jason D Martinek
January 20, 2016
For socialists at the turn of the last century, reading was a radical act. This interdisciplinary study looks at how American socialists used literacy in the struggle against capitalism....