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This book explores the success of historical literature from the perspective of the reading audience in the period c.1750-c.1840. Drawing on a variety of sources including marginalia, letters, diaries and commonplace books, it reveals why histories were so popular, and how they were used by readers across the English-speaking world.
This book explores the success of historical literature from the perspective of the reading audience in the period c.1750-c.1840. Drawing on a variety of sources including marginalia, letters, diaries and commonplace books, it reveals why histories were so popular, and how they were used by readers across the English-speaking world.
Über den Autor
Mark Towsey is Professor in the History of the Book and Director of the Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre at the University of Liverpool. His previous publications include Reading the Scottish Enlightenment: Books and their Readers in Provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 (2010) and Before the Public Library: Reading, Community, and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850 (2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction. 'History now is the favourite reading'; 1. History and the life cycle of the reader; 2. Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity; 3. Contesting constitutional history; 4. A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 5. Rewriting the American nation; 6. Historical information and the management of Empire; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
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Genre: | Lyrik & Dramatik |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781108716185 |
ISBN-10: | 1108716180 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Towsey, Mark |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Mark Towsey |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.03.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,463 kg |
Über den Autor
Mark Towsey is Professor in the History of the Book and Director of the Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre at the University of Liverpool. His previous publications include Reading the Scottish Enlightenment: Books and their Readers in Provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 (2010) and Before the Public Library: Reading, Community, and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850 (2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction. 'History now is the favourite reading'; 1. History and the life cycle of the reader; 2. Sceptical historiography and the problem of infidelity; 3. Contesting constitutional history; 4. A nation united? Histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 5. Rewriting the American nation; 6. Historical information and the management of Empire; Conclusion; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
---|---|
Genre: | Lyrik & Dramatik |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781108716185 |
ISBN-10: | 1108716180 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Towsey, Mark |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Mark Towsey |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.03.2021 |
Gewicht: | 0,463 kg |
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