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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823650203321

Autore

Lehuu Isabelle

Titolo

Carnival on the page : popular print media in antebellum America / / by Isabelle Lehuu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000

ISBN

979-88-908709-9-5

0-8078-6082-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

028/.9/097309034

Soggetti

Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century

Popular literature - United States - History and criticism

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1. The Elusive Reading Revolution -- Notes -- 2. Little Sheets of News and Varieties: The Penny Wonder in New York City -- Notes -- 3. Mammoths and Extras: Staging a Spectacle in Print -- Notes -- 4. Leaflets of Memory: Giftbooks and the Economy of the Gaze -- Notes -- 5. The ''Lady's Book'' and the Female Vernacular in Print Culture -- Notes -- 6. A Useful Recreation: Advice on Reading in the Age of Abundance -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.