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This is the first in-depth study on the role of British publishing in 1939-45, an aspect of the World War Two that other books have not covered in any detail. Although frequently referred to as a barren interlude stunted by war and austerity (paper rationing played a crucial role), the period was also marked by innovation in book design, changes in the pattern of trade (the time when Penguin became hugely profitable, and also when a surprising number of shiploads of books were exported), and the advent of new readers in the UK and elsewhere. The book analyses the pivotal role played by publishers in relations between Government and people, shedding light on the intervention by wartime ministries at all stages of book production, and assesses the extent to which war affected the corpus of literature that was published. This fascinating period has been intensively studied by social and political historians but is virtually untouched by historians of the book until now. This major new study draws extensively on previously unpublished and often un-catalogued archive material, and will fill a gap in the book history market.

655.4 <41> --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland

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boekbedrijf --- uitgeverijen --- perswetenschappen --- boeken --- Mass communications --- 655.4 <41> --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Book industries and trade --- Publishers and publishing --- Book publishing --- Books --- Booksellers and bookselling --- Publishing

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Beginning by mapping out an overview of the expansion of elementary education in Britain across the nineteenth century, Andrew Murphy explores, for the first time, the manner in which Shakespeare acquired a working-class readership. He traces developments in publishing which meant that editions of Shakespeare became ever cheaper as the century progressed. Drawing on more than a hundred published and manuscript autobiographical texts, the book examines the experiences of a wide range of working-class readers. Particular attention is focused on a set of radical readers for whom Shakespeare's work had a special political resonance. Murphy explores the reasons why the playwright's working-class readership began to fall away from the turn of the century, noting the competition he faced from professional sports, the cinema, radio and television. The book concludes by asking whether it matters that, in our own time, Shakespeare no longer commands a general popular audience.

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Book history --- Book industries and trade --- History --- Pollard, Graham --- 655.4 <41> --- 09 <082 POLLARD, GRAHAM> --- -Book trade --- Cultural industries --- Manufacturing industries --- Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Feestbundels. Festschriften--POLLARD, GRAHAM --- Pollard, Henry Graham --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- -Uitgeverij. Boekhandel--algemeen--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- -09 <082 POLLARD, GRAHAM> Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Feestbundels. Festschriften--POLLARD, GRAHAM --- Book trade --- 09 <082 POLLARD, GRAHAM> Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Feestbundels. Festschriften--POLLARD, GRAHAM --- Pollard, Graham. --- Book industries and trade - Great Britain - History