Thoroughly revised, restructured and updated, A History of British Publishing covers six centuries of publishing in Britain from before the invention of the pri

The novel emerged, McKeon contends, as a cultural instrument designed to engage the epistemological and social crises of the age.

Between 1600 and 1800 newspapers and periodicals moved to the centre of British culture and society. This volume offers a series of perspectives on the developi

A lively illustrated collection of short essays on a wide range of aspects of Austen's life, work and times.