Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION PRINT AND LETTERS IN EIGHTEENTHCENTURY ENGLAND 3
6. CHAPTER I THE KING OF ENGLAND MEETS THE GREAT CHAM OF LITERATURE 24
7. CHAPTER II PRINTING, BOOKSELLING, READERS, AND WRITERS IN EIGHTEENTHCENTURY LONDON 48
8. CHAPTER III MAKING THE WRITER'S ROLE IN A PRINT CULTURE 91
9. CHAPTER IV THE WRITER AS CULTURE HERO: BOS WELL'S JOHNSON 118
10. CHAPTER V CREATING AN AURA FOR LITERARY TEXTS IN PRINT CULTURE 156
11. CHAPTER VI READING AND READERS: THE LITERACY CRISIS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 208
12. CHAPTER VII THE PLACE AND PURPOSE OF LETTERS IN PRINT SOCIETY 245
13. CHAPTER VIII THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ROMANTIC LITERATURE 287
14. APPENDIX LETTERS AS A SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED REALITY: A SCHEMATIC VIEW 321
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 327
16. INDEX 347