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The Most Disreputable Trade: Publishing the Classics of English Poetry 1765-1810 Bonnell, Thomas F. (Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame)
The Most Disreputable Trade: Publishing the Classics of English Poetry 1765-1810
Bonnell, Thomas F. (Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame)
This fascinating book probes the origins of mass-market series of literary 'classics'. Highly informative about the book trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Bonnell's study is also rich in details about book illustration, copyright law, canon formation, consumer culture, and the history of reading.
408 pages, 24 black-and-white halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 17, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199532209 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 402 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 242 × 24 mm · 769 g |
| Language | English |