{"product_id":"fiction-for-the-working-man-louis-james-9781911454250","title":"Fiction for the Working Man 1830-50","description":"Literature for the masses appeared on an unprecedented scale in the first half of the 19th-century. This was the earliest response to new and voracious demands for cheap books of all kinds. This famous and innovative book enquires as to the nature of this new material, the responses to it, and its audiences amidst the new reading public which it illuminates. The technological advances in printing, and the urbanisation of the population were key influences. So, too, were new entrepreneurial energies amongst author and publishers. Professor James shows what were the realities and the resonances of this new culture. He examines the effects of a new urban culture, its complicated class relations, the difficult history of the radical press, and the relationships between popular fiction and 'literature'. His is a detailed and engaging, well illustrated study of the growth of literacy and the vivacious and enormously varied popular literature of both entertainment, improvement, and instruction which was published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911454250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911454250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Everett Root\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Louis James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983779299583,"sku":"9781911454250","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2eed1b05-9da4-4b27-87cb-6ed9dbd7649d.jpg?v=1683268668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fiction-for-the-working-man-louis-james-9781911454250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}