Books for idle hours: nineteenth-century publishing and the rise of summer reading
Auteur :
Harrington-Lueker, Donna
Éditeur :
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN :
9781625343833
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
22,6 x 14,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
350 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on publishing records, book reviews, readers' diaries, and popular novels of the period, Donna Harrington-Lueker explores the beginning of summer reading and the backlash against it. Books for Idle Hours sheds new light on an ongoing seasonal publishing tradition.