UID:
almafu_9959226846002883
Format:
1 online resource (205 p.)
ISBN:
1-351-96190-X
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1-351-96191-8
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1-315-26372-6
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1-283-04749-7
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9786613047496
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0-7546-9877-7
Content:
In 1957, Richard Altick's groundbreaking work The English Common Reader transformed the study of book history. Inspired by Altick's research, but digging deep into the neglected records of prison libraries, army barracks or convict ships the authors of A Return to the Common Reader dramatically reconfigure our understanding of the ordinary Victorian readers whose efforts and choices changed our literary culture forever.
Note:
First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Publishers, Authors, Critics, Readers; 1 The Advantage of Fiction; 2 Dorothy's Literature Class; 3 Ouida; 4 'Those Who Idle over Novels'; 5 'Gossip' and 'Twaddle'; Part 2 Scenes of Reading; 6 Reading in Gaol; 7 Attempts to (Re)shape Common Reading Habits; 8 'Quite Incapable of Appreciating Books Written for Educated Readers'; 9 'A Journey Round the Bookshelves'; 10 Fiction and the Australian Reading Public, 1888-1914; Select Works Cited; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4094-0027-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315263724
