Fiction and Print Culture in England, 1690-1730
by
Leah Orr
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
The eighteenth century British book trade marks the beginning of the literary marketplace as we know it. The lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695 brought an end to pre-publication censorship of printed texts and restrictions on the number of printers and presses in Britain. Resisting the standard...