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Publishing Networks in France in the Early Era of Print

Publishing Networks in France in the Early Era of Print

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By Diane E. Booton
April 23, 2018

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

Historical Networks in the Book Trade

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Edited By Catherine Feely, John Hinks
November 15, 2016

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

Art and Commerce in the British Short Story, 1880–1950

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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

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

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

Contributors to the Quarterly Review: A History, 1809-25

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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

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

Middle-Class Writing in Late Medieval London

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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

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

Readings on Audience and Textual Materiality

1st Edition

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

Romantic Marginality: Nation and Empire on the Borders of the Page

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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

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....

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