04889nam 2200709 450 991045681160332120200520144314.01-4426-8894-710.3138/9781442688940(CKB)2550000000019335(OCoLC)635459288(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382048(SSID)ssj0000478731(PQKBManifestationID)11291657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478731(PQKBWorkID)10435048(PQKB)11044632(CaPaEBR)430845(CaBNvSL)slc00224347(MiAaPQ)EBC3268264(MiAaPQ)EBC4672659(DE-B1597)465385(OCoLC)1013961182(OCoLC)944176451(DE-B1597)9781442688940(Au-PeEL)EBL4672659(CaPaEBR)ebr11258315(EXLCZ)99255000000001933520160923h20082008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France /Martyn LyonsToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2008.©20081 online resource (263 p.) Studies in Book and Print Culture0-8020-9357-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables, Maps, Images -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: The Importance of the Nineteenth Century -- The 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. The Reading Experience of Worker-Autobiographers in Nineteenth-Century Europe -- 7. Oral Culture and the Rural Community: The Veillée 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 -- Appendix: Calculating Bestsellers in Early Nineteenth-Century France -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- IndexBetween about 1830 and the outbreak of the First World War, print culture, reading, and writing transformed cultural life in Western Europe in many significant ways. Book production and consumption increased dramatically, and practices such as letter- and diary-writing were widespread. This study demonstrates the importance of the nineteenth century in French cultural change and illustrates the changing priorities and concerns of l'histoire du livre since the 1970s.From the 1830s on, book production experienced an industrial revolution which led to the emergence of a mass literary culture by the close of the century. At the same time, the western world acquired mass literacy. New categories of readers became part of the reading public while western society also learned to write. Reading Culture and Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century France examines how the concerns of historians have shifted from a search for statistical sources to more qualitative assessments of readers' responses. Martyn Lyons argues that autobiographical sources are vitally important to this investigation and he considers examples of the intimate and everyday writings of ordinary people.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.Studies in book and print culture.Books and readingFranceHistory19th centuryWritten communicationFranceHistory19th centuryBook industries and tradeFranceHistory19th centurySocial changeFranceHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Books and readingHistoryWritten communicationHistoryBook industries and tradeHistorySocial changeHistory028/.9094409034Lyons Martyn445753MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456811603321Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France2195667UNINA