| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 435 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-424) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the scene -- The influence of print -- The word of law, the law of the word -- Publishing, printing, communication -- Investigating the popular, 1840's-1860's -- Reading spaces -- Authors, journalists, reviewers -- Newspapers. |
| Summary |
Victorian culture was dominated by an ever expanding world of print. A tremendous increase in the volume of books, newspapers, and periodicals, was matched by the corresponding development of the first mass reading public. Victorian Print Media: A Reader consists of edited extracts from nineteenth-century sources which discuss all aspects of the production and circulation of print media. The extracts are organised into themed sections such as authorship and journalism, . reading spaces, and the influence of print. - ;Victorian culture was dominated by an ever expanding world of print. A tremend. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Press -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Press. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Popular literature -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
King, Andrew, 1957-
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Plunkett, John, 1974-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Victorian print media. Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0199270376 9780199270378 (DLC) 2005024338 (OCoLC)61353083 |
| ISBN |
9781429498630 (electronic book) |
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1429498633 (electronic book) |
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9780191533655 (electronic book) |
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0191533653 (electronic book) |
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0199270376 (Cloth) |
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9780199270378 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0199270384 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780199270385 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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