The Future of the Book: Images of Reading in the American Utopian Novel

by Kevin J Hayes

The Future of the Book: Images of Reading in the American Utopian Novel looks at how turn-of-the-century utopian novelists imagined what the book would be like in the ideal future. This works examines many different aspects of book culture. One chapter looks at the utopian residential library, both its contents and its personal and social functions. In the ideal future, everyone has books in their home. Another chapter discusses the public library...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019285688X
• ISBN13: 9780192856883
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"