Consuming Texts : Readers and Reading Communities, 1695-1870 /

This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new r...

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Main Author:	Colclough, Stephen (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:	History. Cultural History. Cultural Theory. History of Britain and Ireland. Literary Theory. Nineteenth-Century Literature. Social History. Civilization > History. Culture > Study and teaching. Literature > Philosophy. Literature, Modern > 19th century. Social history. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
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