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The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV - The Irish Book in English, 1800-1891 (Hardcover, New)
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The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV - The Irish Book in English, 1800-1891 (Hardcover, New)
Series: History of the Irish Book
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The Oxford History of the Irish Book is a major new series that
charts one of the most venerable book cultures in Europe, from the
earliest manuscript compilations to the flourishing book industries
of the late twentieth century. For the first time, it offers a
history of the Irish book as a created object situated in a world
of communications, trade, transport, power, and money, and examines
the ways in which books have both reflected and influenced social,
political, and intellectual formations in Ireland. It is an
important project for the understanding of Ireland's written and
printed heritage, and is by its nature of profound cross-cultural
significance, embracing as it does all the written and printed
traditions and heritages of Ireland and placing them in the global
context of a worldwide interest in book histories.
Volume III: The Irish Book in English 1800-1890 details the story
of the book in Ireland from the Act of Union, which ended Ireland's
lucrative exemption from British copyright, to the Irish revival,
with its emphasis on cultural nationalism. Though retaining its own
identity during this period the Irish publishing industry also
participated in a wider British publishing culture, less perhaps
the result of political change than the result of the
industrialization of production. The chapters in this volume deal
with book production and distribution and the differing of ways in
which publishing existed in Dublin, Belfast, and the provinces. The
nineteenth century saw a dramatic rise in literacy rates in
Ireland, the advent of national education, and the development of
new opportunities and spaces for reading that eclipsed previous
communal reading practices. Religious publishing was a major
enterprise not only because of the rise in devotionalism but also
because of the religious controversies that raged in the early part
of the century. Literary genres engaged both Irish and British
audiences with Irish issues, though they found a publishing outlet
largely through London publishers. Scholarly societies of both the
antiquarian and scientific varieties sustained a relatively high
degree of local publishing, mostly through journals. Medical and
musical publishing appeared for quite a while to defy the
centralizing pull of British publishing. In spite of the challenges
of the times, writers, publishers, readers, and institutions often
responded with energy and creativity to a world of extraordinary
change. It was a world of considerable diversity and great
fascination. Relying on a high degree of original research, both
archival and bibliographical, this volume treats both general
trends and individual stories.
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