Bookish Histories: Books, Literature, and Commercial Modernity, 1700-1900 (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)

This Ground-breaking Collection Of Essays Presents A New Bookish Literary History, Which Situates Questions About Books At The Intersection Of A Range Of Debates About The Role Of Authors And Readers, The Organization Of Knowledge, The Vogue For Collecting, And The Impact Of Overlapping Technologies Of Writing And Shifting Generic Boundaries--provided By Publisher. Introduction : Towards A Bookish Literary History / Ina Ferris And Paul Keen -- Wild Bibliography : The Rise And Fall Of Book History In Nineteenth-century Britain / Jon Klancher -- 'uncommon Animals' : Making Virtue Of Necessity In The Age Of Authors / Paul Keen -- 'this Enormous Contagion Of Paper And Print' : Making Literary History In The Age Of Steam / William R. Mckelvy -- Canons' Clockwork : Novels For Everyday Use / Deidre Lynch -- Book-love And The Remaking Of Literary Culture In The Romantic Periodical / Ina Ferris -- The Art Of Sharing : Reading In The Romantic Miscellany / Andrew Piper -- Getting The Reading Out Of It : Paper Recycling In Mayhew's London / Leah Price -- Reading Collections : The Literary Discourse Of Eighteenth-century Libraries / Barbara M. Benedict -- Imagining Hegel : Bookish Forums And The Romantic Synopticon / Michael Macovski -- 'the Society Of Agreeable And Witty Companions' : Bookishness And Manuscript Culture After 1750 / Betty A. Schellenberg -- The Practice And Poetics Of Curlism : Print, Obscenity, And The Merryland Pamphlets In The Career Of Edmund Curll / Thomas Keymer -- Charlatanism And Resentment In London's Eighteenth-century Literary Marketplace / Simon During. Edited By Ina Ferris And Paul Keen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction: Towards a Bookish Literary History....Pages 1-15 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Wild Bibliography: The Rise and Fall of Book History in Nineteenth-Century Britain....Pages 19-40 ‘Uncommon Animals’: Making Virtue of Necessity in the Age of Authors....Pages 41-60 ‘This Enormous Contagion of Paper and Print’: Making Literary History in the Age of Steam....Pages 61-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Canons’ Clockwork: Novels for Everyday Use....Pages 87-110 Book-Love and the Remaking of Literary Culture in the Romantic Periodical....Pages 111-125 The Art of Sharing: Reading in the Romantic Miscellany....Pages 126-147 Getting the Reading Out of It: Paper Recycling in Mayhew’s London....Pages 148-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Reading Collections: The Literary Discourse of Eighteenth-Century Libraries....Pages 169-195 Imagining Hegel: Bookish Forms and the Romantic Synopticon....Pages 196-212 ‘The Society of Agreeable and Worthy Companions’: Bookishness and Manuscript Culture after 1750....Pages 213-231 The Practice and Poetics of Curlism: Print, Obscenity, and the Merryland Pamphlets in the Career of Edmund Curll....Pages 232-252 Charlatanism and Resentment in London’s Eighteenth-Century Literary Marketplace....Pages 253-271 Back Matter....Pages 272-283 Machine generated contents note: ContentsAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Towards a Bookish Literary History I.Ferris & P.KeenPART I: RECONFIGURING LITERARY HISTORYWild Bibliography: The Rise and Fall Book History in Nineteenth-Century Britain J.Klancher'Uncommon Animals': Making Virtue of Necessity in the Age of Authors; P.KeenMaking Literary History in the Age of Steam W.McKelvyPART II: BOOKS IN THE EVERYDAYCanons' Clockwork: Novels for Everyday Use D.LynchBook-Love and the Remaking of Literary Culture in the Romantic Periodical I.FerrisThe Art of Sharing: Reading in the Romantic Miscellany A.PiperGetting the Reading Out of London Labor; L.PricePART III: REMAPPING THE LITERARY FIELDReading Collections: The Literary Discourse of Eighteenth-Century Libraries B.M.BenedictImagining Hegel: Bookish Form and the Romantic Synopticon M.Macovski'The Society of Agreeable and Worthy Companions': Bookishness and Manuscript Culture after 1750 B.A.SchellenbergThe Practice and Poetics of Curlism: Print, Obscenity, and the Merryland Pamphlets in the Career of Edmund Curll T.KeymerCharlatanism and Resentment in Londons Mid-Eighteenth Century Literary Marketplace S.DuringIndex. This ground-breaking collection of essays presents a new 'bookish' literary history, which situates questions about books at the intersection of a range of debates about the role of authors and readers, the organization of knowledge, the vogue for collecting, and the impact of overlapping technologies of writing and shifting generic boundaries. Bookish Histories presents a new 'bookish' approach to the literary history of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Britain. Concentrating on overlooked dimensions of literary practice and production during the period when printed matter became incorporated into everyday life, the essays in the volume bring together book history, cultural history, and literary studies to expand our understanding of books in modernity. Gathering together leading scholars, the volume represents a collective rethinking of the making of the modern literary field as they reflect on topics such as the repositioning of authors in the literary market, the development of intimate reading routines, changing book practices, transformations in print genres, and experiments in publishing