Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England /

It is well known that the English novel took shape in the eighteenth century, but no one knows who read novels like Humphry Clinker</i> and <i>Clarissa</i> when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives and parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Fergus, Jan S.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
It is well known that the English novel took shape in the eighteenth century, but no one knows who read novels like Humphry Clinker</i> and <i>Clarissa</i> when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives and parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays, and fiction magazines in the eighteenth century. - ;Many scholars have written about eighteenth-century English novels, but no one really knows who read them. This study provides historical data on the provincial reading publics for various forms of fiction - novels, plays, chapbooks,
Umfang:
1 online resource (327 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-296) and indexes.
ISBN:
1-4294-9280-5
0-19-153820-5
Schlagworte:
Books and reading > England > Midlands > History > 18th century.
English fiction > Publishing > England > History > 18th century.
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