Kultura książki w XIX wieku w Wielkiej Brytanii. Rec.: William St Clair, „The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period”, Cambridge 2007
The Book Culture in the 19th Century in Great Britain. Review of: William St Clair, The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, Cambridge 2007
Author(s): Anna ZdanowiczSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: history of the book in the 19th century; history of reading in the 19th century; British book culture; history of English literature of the Romantic period
Summary/Abstract: The article recapitulates the main theses of "The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period" by William St Clair. St Clair made good use of very extensive archive sources and brilliantly reconstructed British book culture in the 19th century. He demonstrated the importance of changes in copyright and prices, and in the technologies of book production and methods of print distribution.
Journal: Wiek XIX. Rocznik Towarzystwa Literackiego im. Adama Mickiewicza
- Issue Year: LXVIII/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 559-572
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish