Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France

• Published in: Reading culture and writing practices in nineteenth-century France
• Main Author: Lyons, Martyn
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; French
• Published: Toronto [Ont.] University of Toronto Press 2008; University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing
• Edition: 1
• Series: Studies in book and print culture
• Subjects: 19th century; Book industries and trade; Books and reading; France; History; Social change; Written communication; 19th century; France

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 de...