Everyday ideas : socioliterary experience among antebellum New Englanders / Ronald J. Zboray, Mary Saracino Zboray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zboray, Ronald J.

Contributor:

Zboray, Mary Saracino, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--New England--History--19th century.

Books and reading.

Literature--Appreciation--New England--History--19th century.

Literature.

Literature--Appreciation.

Popular culture.

History.

Literature and society.

American letters.

American diaries.

Authorship--Social aspects.

Authorship.

New England.

Authorship--Social aspects--New England.

American diaries--New England.

American letters--New England.

Literature and society--New England--History--19th century.

Popular culture--New England--History--19th century.

New England--Intellectual life--19th century.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xxv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2006]

Contents:

Creating the text of life : motives and practices of diarists and correspondents

Creating texts from other texts : deploying preexisting literature

Everyday literature : writing within genre conventions

Everyday dissemination : literature sent via letters, newspapers, and bundles

On account of the donor : presenting and receiving literary gifts

Through many hands : lending and borrowing reading material

Literary performances : dissemination through reading aloud, recitation, and enactment

Receiving the word : literary socialization and modes of readings

Personal ideals and social realities : finding time to read

Within the collective : receiving public lectures and readings

Social imprints : reception of books and periodicals as objects

The sayings and doings of nobodies : everyday reception of the printed word.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-400) and index.

ISBN:

1572334711

OCLC:

61229575

Publisher Number:

9781572334717