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.
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