Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England / Jan Fergus.
Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England / Jan Fergus.
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Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N028.90942/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 314 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Contents
1 Audiences for novels : gendered reading -- 2 Consuming practices : canonicity, novels, and plays -- 3 Schoolboy readers : John Newbery's Goody two-shoes and licensed war -- 4 Schoolboy practices : novels, children's books, chapbooks, and magazines -- 5 Audiences for magazines and serialized public...
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Publisher
Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"Many scholars have written about eighteenth-century English novels, but no one really knows who read them. Provincial Readers in Eighteenth-Century England provides historical data on the provincial reading publics for various forms of fiction - novels, plays, chapbooks, children's books, and magazines. Archival records of Midland booksellers base...
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Provincial readers in eighteenth-century England / Jan Fergus.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N028.90942/5
Record Identifier
74VKOVPBNKoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOVPBNKoy
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ISBN
0199297827 (hbk.) :
9780199297825 (hbk.) :
DDC
028.9094209033
MMS ID
991022496149702626
