The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521699440)

Most people believed that reading significantly influenced minds, attitudes, and actions during the centuries when printed paper was the only means by which texts could travel across time and distance. William St. Clair offers a very different picture of the past from those presented by traditional approaches through quantified information he provides on book prices, print runs, intellectual property, and readerships gathered from over fifty publishing and printing archives.

Author: William St Clair
ISBN-10: 0521699444
ISBN-13: 9780521699440
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2007
Pages: 796
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.34lbs
Size: 8.87h x 6.54w x 1.69d

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 09/01/2008 pg. 34