Provides historical data on the provincial reading publics for various forms of fiction - novels, plays, chapbooks, children's books, and magazines. This book offers information about actual readership in eighteenth-century provincial England; about the class, profession, age, and sex of readers; and more.
It is well known that the English novel took shape in the eighteenth century, but no one knows who read novels like Humphry Clinker and Clarissa when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives and parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays, and fiction magazines in the eighteenth century.
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It is well known that the English novel took shape in the eighteenth century, but no one knows who read novels like Humphry Clinker and Clarissa when they were first published. Drawing on booksellers' archives and parish records, this book shows who in the Midlands actually bought novels, plays, and fiction magazines in the eighteenth century.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.