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. Victorian...
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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. 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
Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-424) and index. - Description based on print version record
Setting the sceneThe 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.