The Ephemeral Eighteenth-Century Print, Sociability and the Cultures of Collecting |
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| Author:
| Russell, Gillian |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-48758-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $103.00 |
Book Description:
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This book revises the view of printed ephemera as a trivial or disposable by giving a history of its role in eighteenth-century culture. It explores how tickets, playbills and posters became a way of facilitating social interaction and, for collectors, a means of preserving the evanescence of daily life.
This book revises the view of printed ephemera as a trivial or disposable by giving a history of its role in eighteenth-century culture. It explores how tickets, playbills and posters became a way of facilitating social interaction and, for collectors, a means of preserving the evanescence of daily life.