Leah Price, How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain
What did the Victorians do with their books and newspapers—besides reading them? This is the question that Leah Price’s comprehensive, jargon-free study addresses. This lively, extremely well-documented analysis rarely depicts Victorians reading books, but rather shows them doing things with paper...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cve, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2014
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Zusammenfassung: | What did the Victorians do with their books and newspapers—besides reading them? This is the question that Leah Price’s comprehensive, jargon-free study addresses. This lively, extremely well-documented analysis rarely depicts Victorians reading books, but rather shows them doing things with paper that involve treating it as a commodity, from wrapping fish or cheese to curling hair and lining trunks. From the unread book with the gorgeous binding that looked good on one’s coffee table and wa... |
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