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Bookish histories : books, literature, and commercial modernity, 1700-1900 /

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"This ground-breaking collection of essays presents a new bookish literary history, which situates questions about books at the intersection of a range of debates about the role of authors and readers, the organization of knowledge, the vogue for collecting, and the impact of overlapping techno...

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Other Authors: Ferris, Ina, Keen, Paul, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Authorship > History > 18th century.
Authorship > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Geschichte 1700-1900.
Buch.
Buchhandel.
Gesellschaft.
Literatur.
Grossbritannien.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:"This ground-breaking collection of essays presents a new bookish literary history, which situates questions about books at the intersection of a range of debates about the role of authors and readers, the organization of knowledge, the vogue for collecting, and the impact of overlapping technologies of writing and shifting generic boundaries"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 283 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230222311 (hardback)
0230222315 (hardback)