Books and Their Readers in 18th Century England, 2 [[electronic resource] ] : New Essays

• Autore: Rivers Isabel
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 028.094209033; 028/.0942/09033; 820.9005 028/.0942/09033 028.9094209033
• Soggetto topico: English literature; English literature - History and criticism - 18th century - England; Book industries and trade - History - 18th century - England; Books and reading - History - 18th century - England; Popular culture - History - 18th century; English; General; Languages & Literatures; English Literature; Bibliography - General
• Persona (resp. second.): RiversIsabel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 The Book Trades; 2 The English Bible and its Readers in the Eighteenth Century; 3 Theological Books from The Naked Gospel to Nemesis of Faith; 4 The History Market in Eighteenth-Century England; 5 Biographical Dictionaries and their Uses from Bayle to Chalmers; 6 Review Journals and the Reading Public; 7 Literary Scholarship and the Life of Editing; 8 The Production and Consumption of the Eighteenth-Century Poetic Miscellany; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of eight new essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th-century writings were designed and received by different audiences. Rivers explores the answers to certain crucial questions about the contemporary use of books. This new edition contains the results of important new research by well known specialists in the field of book and publishing history over the last two decades.
• Titolo autorizzato: Books and Their Readers in 18th Century England, 2
• ISBN: 1-281-29885-9; 9786611298852; 1-84714-400-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815194703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II