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Digging into unusual and eclectic archives and overlooked sources, this book gives an understanding to the masses of newly literate readers who picked up books in the Victorian period. This collection dramatically reconfigures our understanding of the ordinary Victorian readers whose efforts and choices changed our literary culture forever.
In 1957, Richard Altick's groundbreaking work The English Common Reader transformed the study of book history. Inspired by Altick's research, but digging deep into the neglected records of prison libraries, army barracks or convict ships the authors of A
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Produktbeschreibung
Digging into unusual and eclectic archives and overlooked sources, this book gives an understanding to the masses of newly literate readers who picked up books in the Victorian period. This collection dramatically reconfigures our understanding of the ordinary Victorian readers whose efforts and choices changed our literary culture forever.
In 1957, Richard Altick's groundbreaking work The English Common Reader transformed the study of book history. Inspired by Altick's research, but digging deep into the neglected records of prison libraries, army barracks or convict ships the authors of A Return to the Common Reader dramatically reconfigure our understanding of the ordinary Victorian readers whose efforts and choices changed our literary culture forever.
Autorenporträt
Beth Palmer is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Surrey, UK. Adelene Buckland is Lecturer in Literature at the University of East Anglia, UK.