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Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France /

Featuring original and intriguing insights as well as references to material hitherto inaccessible to English readers, this study presents a form of 'history from below' with emphasis on the individual reader and writer, and his or her experiences and perceptions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lyons, Martyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Colección:Studies in book and print culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: The Importance of the Nineteenth Century Statistical Approach
  • 2. In Search of the Bestsellers of Nineteenth-Century France, 1815-1850
  • 3. Towards a National Literary Culture in France: Bookshops and the Decline of the Colporteur Censorship and Commemoration
  • 4. Fires of Expiation: Book-Burnings and Catholic Missions in Restoration France
  • 5. Literary Commemoration and the Uses of History: The Gutenberg Festival in Strasbourg, 1840 Readers
  • 6. Reading Experience of Worker-Autobiographers in Nineteenth-Century Europe
  • 7. Oral Culture and the Rural Community: The Veillee d'hiver
  • 8. Why We Need an Oral History of Reading Writers
  • 9. Reading Practices, Writing Practices: Intimate Writings in Nineteenth-Century France
  • 10. French Soldiers and Their Correspondence: Towards a History of Writing Practices in the First World War
  • App. Calculating Bestsellers in Early Nineteenth-Century France.