Consuming texts: readers and reading communities, 1695-1860

by Colclough, Stephen

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Title Statements

Full title :Consuming texts : readers and reading communities, 1695-1860 / Stephen Colclough

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007

The Physical Object

Description:x, 239 s. : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230525382, 0230525385
oclc:ocn473746814
LC Classification:Z1003
Dewey Decimal:028.909033

Acknowledgements vii Introduction: Consuming Texts viii Reading Has a History 1 (28) Reworking the Word: Readers and their Manuscript Books, 1695 -- 1730 29 (35) Diversities of Reading Practice, 1695 -- 1770 64 (24) The Circulating Library, Book Club and Subscription Library: Readers and Reading Communities, 1770 -- 1800 88 (30) Communal Practice and Individual Response: Reading in the Late Romantic Period 118 (28) Towards a Mass Audience, or, John Clare and the Problem of the Unknown Public 146 (30) Conclusion: Texts Consumed

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