Literary History

The English Novel in History 1700-1780 provides students with specific contexts for the early novel in response to a new understanding of eighteenth century Britain...

In the second half of the eighteenth century the female reader was a frequent topic of cultural debate and moral concern. This book examines the variety of ways in which women ‘read’ the social world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century novel...

This study examines the genesis of Chicago's two identified literary renaissance periods (1890-1920 and 1930-1950) through the writings of Dreiser, Hughes, Wright, and Farrell. Through close readings and contextualization, the influence of Chicago writing on American literature in such areas as real..

This study examines the genesis of Chicago's two identified literary renaissance periods (1890-1920 and 1930-1950) through the writings of Dreiser, Hughes, Wright, and Farrell. Through close readings and contextualization, the influence of Chicago writing on American literature in such areas as real..

This innovative volume brings together never-before-published primary works and extensive bibliographic resources on this groundbreaking publishing venture. Materials include memoirs, retrospectives, bibliographies, and detailed archival information that are essential to scholars working in the fiel..

The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books a..

The essays in this volume discuss the history of the book in South Asia starting with the earliest palm-leaf manuscripts and ending with the development of vibrant print cultures which are still thriving today. The geographical area covered includes the various modern nation states that make up Sout..

This selection of papers by scholarly specialists offers an introduction to the history of the book and book culture in West Asia and North Africa from antiquity to the 20th century. The cultural, aesthetic, technological, religious, social, political and economic factors of the historical developme..

The essays in this volume cover the crucial period that saw the growth and consolidation of the printed book as a significant feature of Western European culture and society, following the development of moveable type by Johann Gutenberg. Written by leading scholars during the past five decades, the..

The articles in this volume highlight the developments in the history of the book in the eighteenth century: the foundations of modern copyright; a rapid growth in the publication, circulation and reading of periodicals; the promotion of niche marketing; alterations to distribution networks; and the..

This collection of published papers on the development of the publishing cycle from author to reader includes work by leading scholars on the history of the book in the nineteenth century, from a variety of disciplinary traditions: bibliography, typography, literary studies, library studies and the ..

This collection brings together published papers on key themes which book historians have identified as of particular significance in the history of twentieth-century publishing, such as the internationalisation of publishing businesses and the book in a multimedia marketplace. These reprinted essay..