Stuart Sillars read English and Music at the University of Exeter and after working in a series of further and higher education, including the Open University and the faculty of English at Cambridge, he was appointed Professor of English at Bergen where he teaches across a range of topics and levels. His MA degree was concerned with music and poetry and this developed his interest in relations between the arts. His most recent volume reflects an earlier and continuing interest in the social, intellectual, and cultural forms of the years between the two world wars.

The study of visual print media occupies a niche at the intersection of art history, bibliography, and cultural studies, and requires expertise in literature as well as an understanding of technology. Stuart Sillars brings just the right combination of these to bear in his expertly researched work.

• Introduction Prologue Part One: Mapping the Imagined Land 1: Some versions of Arcady 2: Searching for a Place 3: Modern Pilgrims 4: Moving towards Truths Part Two: Many Mansions 5: Housing for the People 6: Houses for Moderate means 7: Modernism Part Three: Seeing and the Reading Public 8: Book, Image, and Social Presence 9: Some uses of Imagery 10: Imaging the Classics 11: The Ruralist and the Premier Part Four: Weekly Communities 12: Magazines for All 13: Magazines for Women 14: The Practical Habit: Magazines for Men 15: Air Mindedness Coda: 'Such a crop . . . as never' Select Bibliography

Stuart Sillars read English and Music at the University of Exeter and after working in a series of further and higher education, including the Open University and the faculty of English at Cambridge, he was appointed Professor of English at Bergen where he teaches across a range of topics and levels. His MA degree was concerned with music and poetry and this developed his interest in relations between the arts. His most recent volume reflects an earlier and continuing interest in the social, intellectual, and cultural forms of the years between the two world wars.

The study of visual print media occupies a niche at the intersection of art history, bibliography, and cultural studies, and requires expertise in literature as well as an understanding of technology. Stuart Sillars brings just the right combination of these to bear in his expertly researched work.

• Introduction Prologue Part One: Mapping the Imagined Land 1: Some versions of Arcady 2: Searching for a Place 3: Modern Pilgrims 4: Moving towards Truths Part Two: Many Mansions 5: Housing for the People 6: Houses for Moderate means 7: Modernism Part Three: Seeing and the Reading Public 8: Book, Image, and Social Presence 9: Some uses of Imagery 10: Imaging the Classics 11: The Ruralist and the Premier Part Four: Weekly Communities 12: Magazines for All 13: Magazines for Women 14: The Practical Habit: Magazines for Men 15: Air Mindedness Coda: 'Such a crop . . . as never' Select Bibliography

Stuart Sillars read English and Music at the University of Exeter and after working in a series of further and higher education, including the Open University and the faculty of English at Cambridge, he was appointed Professor of English at Bergen where he teaches across a range of topics and levels. His MA degree was concerned with music and poetry and this developed his interest in relations between the arts. His most recent volume reflects an earlier and continuing interest in the social, intellectual, and cultural forms of the years between the two world wars.

The study of visual print media occupies a niche at the intersection of art history, bibliography, and cultural studies, and requires expertise in literature as well as an understanding of technology. Stuart Sillars brings just the right combination of these to bear in his expertly researched work.

• Introduction Prologue Part One: Mapping the Imagined Land 1: Some versions of Arcady 2: Searching for a Place 3: Modern Pilgrims 4: Moving towards Truths Part Two: Many Mansions 5: Housing for the People 6: Houses for Moderate means 7: Modernism Part Three: Seeing and the Reading Public 8: Book, Image, and Social Presence 9: Some uses of Imagery 10: Imaging the Classics 11: The Ruralist and the Premier Part Four: Weekly Communities 12: Magazines for All 13: Magazines for Women 14: The Practical Habit: Magazines for Men 15: Air Mindedness Coda: 'Such a crop . . . as never' Select Bibliography