Between about 1830 and the outbreak of the First World War, print
culture, reading, and writing transformed cultural life in Western
Europe in many significant ways. Book production and consumption
increased dramatically, and practices such as letter- and
diary-writing were widespread. This study demonstrates the
importance of the nineteenth century in French cultural change and
illustrates the changing priorities and concerns of l'histoire du
livre since the 1970s.
From the 1830s on, book production experienced an industrial
revolution which led to the emergence of a mass literary culture by
the close of the century. At the same time, the western world
acquired mass literacy. New categories of readers became part of
the reading public while western society also learned to write.
Reading Culture and Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century France
examines how the concerns of historians have shifted from a search
for statistical sources to more qualitative assessments of readers'
responses. Martyn Lyons argues that autobiographical sources are
vitally important to this investigation and he considers examples
of the intimate and everyday writings of ordinary people.
Featuring original and intriguing insights as well as references
to material hitherto inaccessible to English readers, this study
presents a form of 'history from below' with emphasis on the
individual reader and writer, and his or her experiences and
perceptions.
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