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100 1 Murray, Heather,|d1951-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
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245 10 Come, bright improvement! :|bthe literary societies of
nineteenth-century Ontario /|cHeather Murray.
264 1 Toronto ;|aBuffalo :|bUniversity of Toronto Press,|c[2002]
264 4 |c©2002
300 1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) :|billustrations, maps.
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490 1 Studies in book and print culture
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and
index.
505 0 ""Contents""; ""Preface: The Immigration of Improvement"";
""Maps""; ""CHAPTER ONE: A Legacy of Literary Culture"";
""CHAPTER TWO: Early Societies in Toronto""; ""CHAPTER
THREE: Culture and Conflict in the Western District"";
""CHAPTER FOUR: Circle to Circle""; ""CHAPTER FIVE: The
Rise of the Women's Societies""; ""CHAPTER SIX: Literary
Study in the Literary Societies""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN:
Literary Societies as a Source for History and Theory"";
""Appendix A: Literary and Debating Club Pledge, Hamilton,
1893""; ""Appendix B: Readings and Recitations of the
Barrie Literary Society, 1881�1893""
505 8 ""Appendix C: Programs of Study of the Browning Club of
Toronto, 1897�1905""""Literary Societies of Nineteenth-
Century Ontario: A Preliminary Resource Guide"";
""Notes""; ""Sources Cited""; ""Illustration Credits"";
""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F"";
""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N"";
""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V"";
""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Illustrations""
520 The forerunner of today's book clubs, nineteenth-century
literary societies provided a lively social and
intellectual forum where people could gather and discuss
books, cultural affairs, and current events. In Come
bright Improvement!, Heather Murray explores the literary
societies of Ontario between 1820 and 1900 - some of which
are still in existence today - and examines the extent to
which they mirrored or challenged contemporary social,
political, and intellectual trends. Based on a wealth of
original research with periodicals and local archival
materials, Murray traces the evolution from early
political and debating clubs to more dedicated literary
and cultural societies, such as Shakespeare or Browning
groups. Many people formed literary societies, including
workers, women, Black fugitives, and members of religious
denominations such as Quakers and Methodists. Murray
studies the societies in detail, exploring everything from
the reading materials they favoured to the other kinds of
social and civic activities in which they participated. Of
additional interest to scholars of book history if the
book's resource guide, which records the location, history,
and archival deposits of several hundred societies. A
first in the study of the book club phenomenon, Come,
bright Improvement! is a wonderful introduction to
nineteenth-century Ontario, the history of book studies,
and the history of reading.
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