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Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Fergus
| Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Fergus |
| Autore | Fergus Jan S. <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 028.9094209033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - England - Midlands - History - 18th century
English fiction - Publishing - England - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4294-9280-5
0-19-153820-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Fiction and the Archives; The 'Rise' of the Novel, Women Readers, and the Problem of Evidence; London Booksellers and their Archives; The Booksellers: The Clays and Stevens and their Communities; Clay Day Books, their Nature and Problems; Day Book and Ledger Evidence and the Market for Fiction; 1. Audiences for Novels: Gendered Reading; The Audiences for Novels and Gender; Adult Customers of the Clays and Stevens; Men, Reviews, and Book Clubs; Provincial Women Readers; Case Studies of Women Customers; Some Conclusions
2. Consuming Practices: Canonicity, Novels, and Plays Canonization, Readers, Anonymity, and Female Novelists; Canonizing Drama; Reading Practices: Multiple and Repeated Readings; Reading Practices: Desultory Reading; 3. Schoolboy Readers: John Newbery's Goody Two-Shoes and Licensed War; Rugby School; School Culture: Licensed War; Reading Children's Books; The Case of Goody Two-Shoes; The Episodes of Goody Two-Shoes; Making Sense of Goody Two-Shoes; 4. Schoolboy Practices: Novels, Children's Books, Chapbooks, and Magazines; Accounts of Schoolboy Reading Little Books-Abridgements in Chapbooks versus Children's Books Schoolboys Read Novels: Rugby School; Secret Novel Reading at Rugby?; More Schoolboys Read Even More Novels: Daventry Dissenting Academy; Schoolboy Subscribers to Magazines; 5. Audiences for Magazines and Serialized Publications; Men who Read the Lady's Magazine; Concealed Women Subscribers; Magazine Subscribers and the Market; Growth and Attrition in Magazine Audiences; Audiences for Magazines and Novels; Case Study: The Novelist's Magazine; Serialized Publications; Summary; Conclusion; Appendices 1. Clays' Circulating Library Stocks 2. Novels in English Bought and Borrowed, 1744-1807; 3. All Children's Book and Chapbook Titles Bought by Rugby Boys; 4. Magazines taken by Clay customers, 1746-1780; 5. Adult consumers of Novels and Magazines, 1746-1780; Bibliography; Index to Novels, Bought and Borrowed; Index to Customers for Novels; General Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465621503321 |
Fergus Jan S. <1943->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Fergus
| Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England [[electronic resource] /] / Jan Fergus |
| Autore | Fergus Jan S. <1943-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 028.9094209033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - England - Midlands - History - 18th century
English fiction - Publishing - England - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-4294-9280-5
0-19-153820-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Fiction and the Archives; The 'Rise' of the Novel, Women Readers, and the Problem of Evidence; London Booksellers and their Archives; The Booksellers: The Clays and Stevens and their Communities; Clay Day Books, their Nature and Problems; Day Book and Ledger Evidence and the Market for Fiction; 1. Audiences for Novels: Gendered Reading; The Audiences for Novels and Gender; Adult Customers of the Clays and Stevens; Men, Reviews, and Book Clubs; Provincial Women Readers; Case Studies of Women Customers; Some Conclusions
2. Consuming Practices: Canonicity, Novels, and Plays Canonization, Readers, Anonymity, and Female Novelists; Canonizing Drama; Reading Practices: Multiple and Repeated Readings; Reading Practices: Desultory Reading; 3. Schoolboy Readers: John Newbery's Goody Two-Shoes and Licensed War; Rugby School; School Culture: Licensed War; Reading Children's Books; The Case of Goody Two-Shoes; The Episodes of Goody Two-Shoes; Making Sense of Goody Two-Shoes; 4. Schoolboy Practices: Novels, Children's Books, Chapbooks, and Magazines; Accounts of Schoolboy Reading Little Books-Abridgements in Chapbooks versus Children's Books Schoolboys Read Novels: Rugby School; Secret Novel Reading at Rugby?; More Schoolboys Read Even More Novels: Daventry Dissenting Academy; Schoolboy Subscribers to Magazines; 5. Audiences for Magazines and Serialized Publications; Men who Read the Lady's Magazine; Concealed Women Subscribers; Magazine Subscribers and the Market; Growth and Attrition in Magazine Audiences; Audiences for Magazines and Novels; Case Study: The Novelist's Magazine; Serialized Publications; Summary; Conclusion; Appendices 1. Clays' Circulating Library Stocks 2. Novels in English Bought and Borrowed, 1744-1807; 3. All Children's Book and Chapbook Titles Bought by Rugby Boys; 4. Magazines taken by Clay customers, 1746-1780; 5. Adult consumers of Novels and Magazines, 1746-1780; Bibliography; Index to Novels, Bought and Borrowed; Index to Customers for Novels; General Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792234103321 |
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Fergus Jan S. <1943->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England / / Jan Fergus
| Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England / / Jan Fergus |
| Autore | Fergus Jan S. <1943-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina | 028.9094209033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - England - Midlands - History - 18th century
English fiction - Publishing - England - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-4294-9280-5
0-19-153820-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Fiction and the Archives; The 'Rise' of the Novel, Women Readers, and the Problem of Evidence; London Booksellers and their Archives; The Booksellers: The Clays and Stevens and their Communities; Clay Day Books, their Nature and Problems; Day Book and Ledger Evidence and the Market for Fiction; 1. Audiences for Novels: Gendered Reading; The Audiences for Novels and Gender; Adult Customers of the Clays and Stevens; Men, Reviews, and Book Clubs; Provincial Women Readers; Case Studies of Women Customers; Some Conclusions
2. Consuming Practices: Canonicity, Novels, and Plays Canonization, Readers, Anonymity, and Female Novelists; Canonizing Drama; Reading Practices: Multiple and Repeated Readings; Reading Practices: Desultory Reading; 3. Schoolboy Readers: John Newbery's Goody Two-Shoes and Licensed War; Rugby School; School Culture: Licensed War; Reading Children's Books; The Case of Goody Two-Shoes; The Episodes of Goody Two-Shoes; Making Sense of Goody Two-Shoes; 4. Schoolboy Practices: Novels, Children's Books, Chapbooks, and Magazines; Accounts of Schoolboy Reading Little Books-Abridgements in Chapbooks versus Children's Books Schoolboys Read Novels: Rugby School; Secret Novel Reading at Rugby?; More Schoolboys Read Even More Novels: Daventry Dissenting Academy; Schoolboy Subscribers to Magazines; 5. Audiences for Magazines and Serialized Publications; Men who Read the Lady's Magazine; Concealed Women Subscribers; Magazine Subscribers and the Market; Growth and Attrition in Magazine Audiences; Audiences for Magazines and Novels; Case Study: The Novelist's Magazine; Serialized Publications; Summary; Conclusion; Appendices 1. Clays' Circulating Library Stocks 2. Novels in English Bought and Borrowed, 1744-1807; 3. All Children's Book and Chapbook Titles Bought by Rugby Boys; 4. Magazines taken by Clay customers, 1746-1780; 5. Adult consumers of Novels and Magazines, 1746-1780; Bibliography; Index to Novels, Bought and Borrowed; Index to Customers for Novels; General Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820716303321 |
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Fergus Jan S. <1943->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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