The Intimacy of Paper in Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literature

by Jonathan Senchyne

Book Overview

The true scale of paper production in America from 1690 through the end of the nineteenth century was staggering, with a range of parties participating in different ways, from farmers growing flax to textile workers weaving cloth and from housewives saving rags to peddlers collecting them. Making a bold case for the importance of printing and paper technology in the study of early American literature, Jonathan Senchyne presents archival evidence of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625344740
• ISBN13: 9781625344748
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher