Books and Their Readers in 18th Century England

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Volume 2 New Essays

AvIsabel Rivers

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

This collection of eight new essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th-century writings were designed and received by different audiences. Rivers explores the answers to certain crucial questions about the contemporary use of books. This new edition contains the results of important new research by well known specialists in the field of book and publishing history over the last two decades.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-06-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826467171

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Isabel Rivers is a Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and Rank Fellop and Tutor in English at St Hugh's College, Oxford.

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"...Rich in ideas and information... already indispensable." - Times Literary Supplement

Innehållsförteckning

Preface / 1. The book trades (James Raven, Mansfield College, Oxford) / 2. The Bible and its readers (Scott Mandelbrote, Peterhouse, Cambridge) / 3. Theological books from 'The Naked Gospel' to 'The Nemesis of Faith' (Brian Young, University of Sussex) / 4. The history market (Karen O'Brien, University of Warwick) / 5. Biographical dictionaries and their uses from Bayle to Chalmers (Isabel Rivers) / 6. Review journals and the reading public (Antonia Forster, University of Akron) / 7. Literary scholarship and the life of editing (Marcus Walsh, University of Birmingham) / 8. Poetry miscellanies (Michael Suarez, SJ, Fordham University / Bibliography / Index