How to do things with books in Victorian Britain

Publication Data

• Title How to do things with books in Victorian Britain
• Author Leah Price
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Princeton, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Reader's block
Anthony Trollope and the repellent book
David Copperfield and the absorbent book
It-narrative and the book as agent
The book as burden : junk mail and religious tracts
The book as go-between : domestic servants and forced reading
The book as waste : Henry Mayhew and the fall of paper recycling.

Topics

• Books and reading :: Great Britain :: History :: 19th century
• Books :: Great Britain :: Psychological aspects :: History :: 19th century
• Books :: Social aspects :: Great Britain :: History :: 19th century
• Book industries and trade :: Great Britain :: History :: 19th century
• English fiction :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Books and reading in literature
• 016035127

How to do things with books in Victorian Britain by Leah Price. ISBN 9780691114170. Published by Princeton University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.