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Author:

Zboray, Ronald J.

Title:

Everyday ideas : socioliterary experience among antebellum New Englanders / Ronald J. Zboray, Mary Saracino Zboray.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxv, 430 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Books and reading--New England--History--19th century.
Literature--History--New England--History--19th century.
Authorship--Social aspects--New England.
American diaries--New England.
American letters--New England.
Literature and society--New England--History--19th century.
Popular culture--New England--History--19th century.
New England--Intellectual life--19th century.

Other Authors:

Zboray, Mary Saracino, 1953-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-400) and index.

Contents:

Creating the text of life : motives and practices of diarists and correspondents -- Creating texts from other texts : deploying preexisting literature -- Everyday literature : writing within genre conventions -- Everyday dissemination : literature sent via letters, newspapers, and bundles -- On account of the donor : presenting and receiving literary gifts -- Through many hands : lending and borrowing reading material -- Literary performances : dissemination through reading aloud, recitation, and enactment -- Receiving the word : literary socialization and modes of readings -- Personal ideals and social realities : finding time to read -- Within the collective : receiving public lectures and readings -- Social imprints : reception of books and periodicals as objects -- The sayings and doings of nobodies : everyday reception of the printed word.

ISBN:

9781572334717
9781572334717 (acid-free paper)
1572334711 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61229575

LCCN:

2005019802

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)