How did eighteenth-century readers find and make time to read?
Books have always posed a problem of time for readers. Becoming widely available in the eighteenth century―when working hours increased and lighter and quicker forms of reading (newspapers, magazines, broadsheets) surged in popularity―the material form of the codex book invited readers to situate themselves creatively in time. Drawing on letters, diaries, reading logs, and a range of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century novels, Christina Lupton’s concretely describes how book-readers of the past carved up, expanded, and anticipated time.
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