Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION PRINT AND LETTERS IN EIGHTEENTHCENTURY ENGLAND
  • CHAPTER I THE KING OF ENGLAND MEETS THE GREAT CHAM OF LITERATURE
  • CHAPTER II PRINTING, BOOKSELLING, READERS, AND WRITERS IN EIGHTEENTHCENTURY LONDON
  • CHAPTER III MAKING THE WRITER'S ROLE IN A PRINT CULTURE
  • CHAPTER IV THE WRITER AS CULTURE HERO: BOS WELL'S JOHNSON
  • CHAPTER V CREATING AN AURA FOR LITERARY TEXTS IN PRINT CULTURE
  • CHAPTER VI READING AND READERS: THE LITERACY CRISIS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
  • CHAPTER VII THE PLACE AND PURPOSE OF LETTERS IN PRINT SOCIETY
  • CHAPTER VIII THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ROMANTIC LITERATURE
  • APPENDIX LETTERS AS A SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED REALITY: A SCHEMATIC VIEW
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX