British Writers, Popular Literature and New Media Innovation, 1820-45 - Nineteenth-Century and Neo-Victorian Cultures

Alexis Easley (editor)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The emergence of a mass reading public during the early decades of the nineteenth century sparked a period of creative innovation in the popular press. This collection focuses on the early decades of the nineteenth century as a key period of innovation in the popular press. Steam printing, popular education campaigns, and new technologies of illustration led to new trends in book and periodical production.

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Edinburgh University Press

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ISBN:	9781399514019
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	01 Jan 2026
Language:	English
Number of pages:	336
Weight:	-1g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm