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Books and their readers in eighteenth-century England : new essays / edited by Isabel Rivers.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Book industries and trade--England--History--18th century.
- Book industries and trade.
- Books and reading--England--History--18th century.
- Books and reading.
- Popular culture--England--History--18th century.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- England--Intellectual life--18th century.
- England.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- x, 294 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0718501896
- OCLC:
- 45756213
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