British Writers, Popular Literature and New Media Innovation, 182045
By (Author) Alexis Easley
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
10th April 2026
United Kingdom
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.