The Book World. Selling and Distributing British Literature, 1900-1940.

WILSON, Nicola (edited by)

ISBN 10: 9004315861 / ISBN 13: 9789004315860

Published by Brill, Lieden- Boston / Libary of the Written World, volume 49 - The Industrial World, volume 6, 2016

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2016, XI,221pp, Illustrated. Cloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition. "British literature underwent profound changes in the period 1900-1940. What role did audiences and channels of book distribution play in this? In this wide-ranging collection, the influence of publishers, distributors, librarians and readers come to the foreground to open up new perspectives on literature and print culture. Rooted in original archival research, chapters include studies of the engagement of canonical writers and bestsellers with the literary marketplace; the influence of international and mobile audiences; publishing practices involving genre, promotion, and censorship; and the significance of spaces of reading including bookshops, circulating libraries and on-board passenger ships. Through a series of detailed case-studies that focus on under-explored aspects of distribution and readership, the contributors open up new perspectives on literature and the British book trade.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book World. Selling and Distributing British Literature, 1900-1940.
• Publisher: Brill, Lieden- Boston / Libary of the Written World, volume 49 - The Industrial World, volume 6
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004315861
• ISBN 13: 9789004315860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

British literature underwent profound changes in the period 1900-1940. What role did audiences and channels of book distribution play in this? In this wide-ranging collection, the influence of publishers, distributors, librarians and readers come to the foreground to open up new perspectives on literature and print culture. Rooted in original archival research, chapters include studies of the engagement of canonical writers and bestsellers with the literary marketplace; the influence of international and mobile audiences; publishing practices involving genre, promotion, and censorship; and the significance of spaces of reading including bookshops, circulating libraries and on-board passenger ships. Through a series of detailed case-studies that focus on under-explored aspects of distribution and readership, the contributors open up new perspectives on literature and the British book trade.

About the Author

Dr Nicola Wilson, PhD (2007), Warwick, is Lecturer in Book and Publishing Studies at the University of Reading. She has published widely on the early twentieth-century book trade. Her first book is Home in British Working-Class Fiction (Ashgate, 2015) and she is currently working on a British Academy project on The Book Society Ltd, 1929-60.