Literary Manuscript Culture in Romantic Britain
Illustrated Edition
Edinburgh University Press · Print & ebook · December 14, 2021
A study of the production and circulation of literary manuscripts in Romantic-era Britain - Offers a detailed examination of the practices of literary manuscript culture, particularly the production, circulation and preservation of manuscripts, based on extensive archival research - Demonstrates how literary manuscript culture co-evolved with print culture, in a nuanced study of the interactions between the two media - Examines the changing cultural attitudes towards literary manuscripts, and how these changes affected practices and values - Surveys the impact of digital media on our access to and understanding of historical manuscripts This book examines how manuscript practices interacted with an expanding print marketplace to nurture and transform the period’s literary culture.
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- Who it’s for
- Michelle Levy traces how manuscript practices shaped Romantic Britain’s literary culture alongside print.
- Genres
- 19th-Century Literary Criticism, Books & Reading, British & Irish Literary Criticism
- Published
- Edinburgh University Press, December 14, 2021
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A study of the production and circulation of literary manuscripts in Romantic-era Britain - Offers a detailed examination of the practices of literary manuscript culture, particularly the production, circulation and preservation of manuscripts, based on extensive archival research - Demonstrates how literary manuscript culture co-evolved with print culture, in a nuanced study of the interactions between the two media - Examines the changing cultural attitudes towards literary manuscripts, and how these changes affected practices and values - Surveys the impact of digital media on our access to and understanding of historical manuscripts This book examines how manuscript practices interacted with an expanding print marketplace to nurture and transform the period’s literary culture.
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It unearths the alternative histories manuscripts tell us about British Romantic literary culture, describing the practices by which handwritten documents were written, shared, altered and preserved, and explores the functions they served as instruments of expression and sociability. By demonstrating how literary manuscript culture co-evolved with print culture, this study illuminates the complex entanglements between the media of script and print.
Romantic Manuscript Practices
Michelle Levy traces how manuscript practices shaped Romantic Britain’s literary culture alongside print.
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- How handwritten documents were written, shared, altered, and preserved
- Manuscripts’ interactions with print culture and the expanding marketplace
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- Manuscripts as instruments of expression and sociability
- Changing cultural attitudes toward manuscripts and their preservation
Where it sits
| British & Irish Literary Criticism | 69% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century Literary Criticism | 62% |
| Books & Reading | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- British & Irish Literary Criticism
- 18th Century Literature
- Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Michelle Levy
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Published
- December 14, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- British & Irish Literary Criticism