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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Reading Communities
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Front Matter
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Reading and the Press
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
'This is a welcome contribution to the recent expansion of interest in the history of reading in modern Britain. As befits a field that has become increasingly diverse in focus and methodology, this collection brings together a broad range of scholars at different stages in their careers and offers an unashamedly multi-faceted approach to the study of how contemporaries understood and related to printed texts.
A key feature is the inclusion of studies of readers themselves, in all their near-infinite variety. From groups of elite men and women living in Scottish castles to those who inhabited metropolitan Socialist circles, we learn about the crucial role that books and other printed materials played in the lives of large numbers of people. But individual experiences are not neglected: significant new insights are offered into how the consumption of texts shaped the characters, careers and outlook of avid readers like the bookseller James Lackington and the neurologist Henry Head.
Crucially the collection gives a powerful sense of the sheer variety and ubiquity of printed material in modern British society. Everything from Victorian newspapers and popular novels to crime reportage and biblical commentaries are shown to have animated whole communities of readers, enriching their cultural experiences as it shaped and directed their attitudes and behaviour.' - David Allan, Reader, School of History, University of St Andrews, UK
'This lively collection of essays demonstrates how complex even the simplest, most ordinary act of reading can be. It also vigorously explores a variety of research strategies for making sense of this still ubiquitous and meaningful practice in our digital age.' - Jan Radway, Professor of Gender Studies & American Studies, Northwestern University, USA
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Editors and Affiliations
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University of Stirling, UK
Katie Halsey
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The Open University, UK
W. R. Owens
About the editors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The History of Reading, Volume 2
Book Subtitle: Evidence from the British Isles, c.1750-1950
Editors: Katie Halsey, W. R. Owens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230316799
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-24755-0Published: 26 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32011-0Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-31679-9Published: 26 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 220
Topics: Literary History, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Cultural History