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Bookish Histories

- Books, Literature, and Commercial Modernity, 1700-1900

About Bookish Histories

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780230222311
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 283
  • Published:
  • November 18, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 140x216x22 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 500 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024

Description of Bookish Histories

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.

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