Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England /
The English novel took shape in the 18th century, but no one knows who read novels like 'Humphry Clinker' & 'Clarissa' when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives & parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The English novel took shape in the 18th century, but no one knows who read novels like 'Humphry Clinker' & 'Clarissa' when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives & parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays, & fiction magazines in the 18th century. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-296) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781429492805 1429492805 9780191538209 0191538205 9780191711244 0191711241 |