When Novels Were Books

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 27; pp. 136 - 139
• Main Author: Owens, W R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2023
• Subjects: 18th century; Novels; Publishing; Reading; Religion; Religious literature

Up until the latter half of the eighteenth century, readers would have seen little distinction between novels and religious books. A further, and to my mind less convincing argument is that the emergence of the novel in the eighteenth century was related to a change in reading practices: from discon...