The Resource The reading nation in the Romantic period, William St Clair
The reading nation in the Romantic period, William St Clair
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The item The reading nation in the Romantic period, William St Clair represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Most people believed that reading significantly influenced minds, attitudes, and actions during the centuries when printed paper was the only means by which texts could travel across time and distance. William St. Clair offers a very different picture of the past from those presented by traditional approaches through quantified information he provides on book prices, print runs, intellectual property, and readerships gathered from over fifty publishing and printing archives
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxix, 765 pages
- Contents
-
- 1. Reading and its consequences
- 2. Economic characteristics of the printed book industry
- 3. Intellectual property
- 4. Anthologies, abridgment, and the development of commercial vested interests in prolonging the obsolete
- 5. The high monopoly period in England
- 6. The explosion of reading
- 7. The old canon
- 8. Shakespeare
- 9. Literary production in the romantic period
- 10. Manufacturing
- 11. Selling, prices, and access
- 12. Romance
- 13. Reading constituencies
- 14. Horizons of expectations
- 15. 'Those vile French piracies'
- 16. 'Preparatory schools for the brothel and the gallows'
- 17. At the boundaries of the reading nation
- 18. Frankenstein
- 19. North America
- 20. Reading, reception, and dissemination
- 21. The romantic poets in the Victorian age
- 22. The political economy of reading
- Isbn
- 9780521810067
- Label
- The reading nation in the Romantic period
- Title
- The reading nation in the Romantic period
- Statement of responsibility
- William St Clair
- Subject
-
- Book industries and trade -- History
- Books and reading -- Social aspects -- England -- History
- Books and reading -- Social aspects | History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- England -- Intellectual life
- Book industries and trade -- England -- History
- History
- Literature and society -- England -- History
- Literature and society -- History
- English literature -- History and criticism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Most people believed that reading significantly influenced minds, attitudes, and actions during the centuries when printed paper was the only means by which texts could travel across time and distance. William St. Clair offers a very different picture of the past from those presented by traditional approaches through quantified information he provides on book prices, print runs, intellectual property, and readerships gathered from over fifty publishing and printing archives
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- St. Clair, William
- Dewey number
- 028/.9
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Z1003
- LC item number
- .S77 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Books and reading
- Book industries and trade
- Literature and society
- English literature
- Books and reading
- Book industries and trade
- Literature and society
- England
- Label
- The reading nation in the Romantic period, William St Clair
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Reading and its consequences -- 2. Economic characteristics of the printed book industry -- 3. Intellectual property -- 4. Anthologies, abridgment, and the development of commercial vested interests in prolonging the obsolete -- 5. The high monopoly period in England -- 6. The explosion of reading -- 7. The old canon -- 8. Shakespeare -- 9. Literary production in the romantic period -- 10. Manufacturing -- 11. Selling, prices, and access -- 12. Romance -- 13. Reading constituencies -- 14. Horizons of expectations -- 15. 'Those vile French piracies' -- 16. 'Preparatory schools for the brothel and the gallows' -- 17. At the boundaries of the reading nation -- 18. Frankenstein -- 19. North America -- 20. Reading, reception, and dissemination -- 21. The romantic poets in the Victorian age -- 22. The political economy of reading
- Control code
- 52886917
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxix, 765 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521810067
- Lccn
- 2003060795
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The reading nation in the Romantic period, William St Clair
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Reading and its consequences -- 2. Economic characteristics of the printed book industry -- 3. Intellectual property -- 4. Anthologies, abridgment, and the development of commercial vested interests in prolonging the obsolete -- 5. The high monopoly period in England -- 6. The explosion of reading -- 7. The old canon -- 8. Shakespeare -- 9. Literary production in the romantic period -- 10. Manufacturing -- 11. Selling, prices, and access -- 12. Romance -- 13. Reading constituencies -- 14. Horizons of expectations -- 15. 'Those vile French piracies' -- 16. 'Preparatory schools for the brothel and the gallows' -- 17. At the boundaries of the reading nation -- 18. Frankenstein -- 19. North America -- 20. Reading, reception, and dissemination -- 21. The romantic poets in the Victorian age -- 22. The political economy of reading
- Control code
- 52886917
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxix, 765 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521810067
- Lccn
- 2003060795
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Book industries and trade -- History
- Books and reading -- Social aspects -- England -- History
- Books and reading -- Social aspects | History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- England -- Intellectual life
- Book industries and trade -- England -- History
- History
- Literature and society -- England -- History
- Literature and society -- History
- English literature -- History and criticism
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