Books and Their Readers in 18th Century England

Books and Their Readers in 18th Century England
Author: Isabel Rivers
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2003-06-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1847144004

This collection of eight new essays investigates ways in which significant kinds of 18th-century writings were designed and received by different audiences. Rivers explores the answers to certain crucial questions about the contemporary use of books. This new edition contains the results of important new research by well known specialists in the field of book and publishing history over the last two decades.