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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 |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Audiences for Novels: Gendered Reading; 2. Consuming Practices: Canonicity, Novels, and Plays; 3. Schoolboy Readers: John Newbery's Goody Two-Shoes and Licensed War; 4. Schoolboy Practices: Novels, Children's Books, Chapbooks, and Magazines; 5. Audiences for Magazines and Serialized Publications; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index to Novels, Bought and Borrowed; Index to Customers for Novels; General Index.