Reading, Publishing and the Formation of Literary Taste in England 1880-1914 (Nineteenth Century) (The Nineteenth Century Series)

by Mary Hammond (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $149.22

  Between 1880 and 1914, England saw the emergence of an unprecedented range of literary forms from Modernism to the popular thriller. This book asks the following key questions: How did publishing and distribution practices influence reader choice? Who decided whether or not a book was a 'classic'?