British Writers, Popular Literature and New Media Innovation, 182045
By (Author) Alexis Easley
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
10th April 2026
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Paperback
336
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
The emergence of a mass reading public during the early decades of the nineteenth century sparked a period of creative innovation in the popular press. This collection focuses on the early decades of the nineteenth century as a key period of innovation in the popular press. Steam printing, popular education campaigns, and new technologies of illustration led to new trends in book and periodical production.