Bookish histories : books, literature, and commercial modernity, 1700-1900 /
Ferris, Ina.
Keen, Paul,1963-
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"--Provided by publisher.
Books and reading
Books and reading
Book industries and trade
Book industries and trade
Authorship
Authorship
Literature and society
Literature and society