Consuming texts: readers and reading communities, 1695-1860

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"Consuming Texts explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all-pervasive. Beginning with an overview of recent work on this topic, it goes on to provide a series of case studies of individual readers and the communities to which they belonged."--Jacket.

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

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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 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780230525382, 0230525385
oclc:ocn123374359
LC Classification:Z1003
Dewey Decimal:028.909410903

1. Reading has a history -- 2. Reworking the word : readers and their manuscript books, 1695-1730 -- 3. Diversities of reading practice, 1695-1770 -- 4. The circulating library, book club and subscription library : readers and reading communities, 1770-1800 -- 5. Communal practice and individual response : reading in the Late Romantic Period -- 6. Towards a mass audience, or, John Clare and the problem of the unknown public -- Conclusion : texts consumed.

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