Author: Thomas F. Bonnell

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-04-17

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0199532206

This fascinating book probes the origins of mass-market series of literary 'classics'. Highly informative about the book trade in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Bonnell's study is also rich in details about book illustration, copyright law, canon formation, consumer culture, and the history of reading.