Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France / / Martyn Lyons
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| Autore: |
Lyons Martyn
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| Titolo: |
Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France / / Martyn Lyons
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008 |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 028/.9094409034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Books and reading - France - History - 19th century |
| Written communication - France - History - 19th century | |
| Book industries and trade - France - History - 19th century | |
| Social change - France - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | France |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
| Electronic books. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-9203-0 |
| 1-4426-8894-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821444603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Studies in book and print culture.