Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 511 g
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 511 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-820329-2
Verlag: ACADEMIC
Before the advent of television, reading was among the most popular of leisure activities. `Light' fiction - romances, thrillers, westerns - was the sustenance of millions in wartime and in peace. This lively and scholarly study examines the size and complexion of the reading public and the development of an increasingly commercialized publishing industry in the early twentieth century.
Joseph McAleer uses a wide variety of sources, including the Mass Observation Archive and previously confidential publishers' records, to explore the nature of popular fiction and its readers. He analyses the editorial policies which created the success of Mills & Boon and D. C. Thomson, and also charts the rise and fall of the Religious Tract Society as a popular publisher.
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- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1: Popular reading and publishing 1870-1914
- 2: 'Books are a commodity': The commercialization of popular fiction
- 3: 'The quickest way out of Glasgow': Adult reading habits
- 4: 'Take the place of valium': Mills and Boon Ltd
- 5: 'We must prevent the leakage': Children's reading habits
- 6: 'Get me the boy from the age of six': D. C. Thomson and Co., Ltd
- 7: 'The public mind might be diverted': The Religious Tract Society
- 8: Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
