Author: Wigan (England). Public Libraries CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Present Collection of Books, in the Manchester Circulating Library; a copy of the laws; and a list of the subscribers
Author: Manchester Circulating Library (MANCHESTER)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".]
Author: Public Free Libraries (Manchester)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
Lancashire Printed Books
Author: Wigan (England). Public Libraries CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Social Life of Books
Author: Abigail WilliamsPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300228104
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
“A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books.”—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book Review Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the lives and literary culture of the eighteenth century, offering new perspectives on how books have been used by their readers, and the part they have played in middle-class homes and families. Drawing on marginalia, letters and diaries, library catalogues, elocution manuals, subscription lists, and more, Williams offers fresh and fascinating insights into reading, performance, and the history of middle-class home life. “Williams’s charming pageant of anecdotes…conjures a world strikingly different from our own but surprisingly similar in many ways, a time when reading was on the rise and whole worlds sprang up around it.”—TheWashington Post
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
British Historical Fiction before Scott
Author: A. StevensPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230275303
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
In the half century before Walter Scott's Waverley , dozens of popular novelists produced historical fictions for circulating libraries. This book examines eighty-five popular historical novels published between 1762 and 1813, looking at how the conventions of the genre developed through a process of imitation and experimentation.
Fair Philosopher
Author: Lynn Marie WrightPublisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838756362
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
"Fair Philosopher, the first sustained scholarly study of The Female Spectator, brings together an impressive collection of established and upcoming Haywood scholars who challenge much of the received opinion about this groundbreaking journal. Several of the essays show that Haywood's periodical was far more political than is generally thought, that its connections to her career as a novelist are more intimate than has been recognized, and that The Spectator was a target as well as a model. This collection makes a convincing argument that Haywood's periodical deserves far more critical attention than it has received so far and suggests new lines of development for future Haywood scholarship."--Publisher's website.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Author: Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.
Elizabeth Inchbald's Reputation
Author: Ben P RobertsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317316509
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Through an examination of her complete works and public response to them, Robertson gauges the extent of Inchbald's reputation as the dignified Mrs Inchbald, as well as providing a clear sense of what it meant to be a female Romantic writer.