Bookish Histories Books, Literature, and Commercial Modernity, 1700-1900
Description
This ground-breaking collection of essays presents a new 'bookish' literary history, which situates questions about books at the intersection of a range of debates about the role of authors and readers, the organization of knowledge, the vogue for collecting, and the impact of overlapping technologies of writing and shifting generic boundaries.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistorySocial ScienceSociologyLiterary CriticismModern19th CenturyAnthropologyCultural & Social
2009Book
Author(s)Paul Keen, Ina Ferris
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230222311
LanguageEnglish
