The Work of Writing: Literature and Social Change in Britain, 1700-1830

by Clifford Siskin

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"This book, like Siskin's first book, will be talked about, quoted, and used, both inside and outside the discipline. Its thesis is, by itself, worth the price of admission."--Kurt Heinzelman, University of Texas at Austin

As today's new technologies challenge the reign of writing, Clifford Siskin puts our current concerns about such change into history. In the 18th and early 19th centuries in Britain, he argues, the "new" technology...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801862841

ISBN13:9780801862847

Release Date:November 1999

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.7"

Related Subjects

Books & Reading Criticism & Theory Education & Reference General History & Criticism History of Books Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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