Books for Idle Hours
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American middle class reading habits
American middle-class values
American print culture history
American reading culture
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authors responding to new audiences
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backlash against mass-market fiction
beach books history
book buying for summer trips
book marketing in the 19th century
book reviews shaping public opinion
books as vacation companions
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class and literary consumption
commercialization of leisure time
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cultural backlash against fiction
cultural history of leisure reading
cultural history of summer
dangers of fiction reading
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democratization of print entertainment
diaries of nineteenth century readers
ephemeral fiction of the 1800s
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etiquette of vacation reading
evolution of summer reading lists
gender and leisure reading
gendered attitudes toward novels
growth of print culture in the United States
historical debates on light reading
historical roots of beach reads
historical summer reads
history of leisure reading
history of light reading
history of summer reading
how publishers marketed summer books
how summer reading started
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leisure in nineteenth-century America
leisure reading in American history
light fiction for travelers
literary consumer culture in America
literary sociology of pleasure reading
literary trends of the Gilded Age
marketing strategies for holiday fiction
middle-class reading culture
middle-class vacation reading
moral anxieties over popular literature
nineteenth century vacation literature
nineteenth-century novels for travel
nineteenth-century reading habits
origins of beach reading
origins of seasonal book marketing
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popular fiction in the 1800s
popular novels in the 19th century
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print and leisure culture
print culture and tourism
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publishers courting traveling audiences
publishing and tourism
publishing history America
publishing innovations for transient readers
railway travel and portable books
reading as a marker of class identity
reading for pleasure in the 1800s
reading habits of young women
reading trends in Gilded Age
respectable pastime reading
rise of American tourism
rise of summer resorts
seaside resort literature
seasonal book consumption
seasonal book marketing
seasonal traditions in American publishing
social status and book consumption
softlaunch
summer books publishing history
summer leisure class
summer leisure history
summer reading tradition
summer travel and reading
the rise of vacation culture
tourism and reading culture
tourist destinations in popular novels
transformation of public taste in fiction
vacation reading as cultural ritual
vacation reading history
what did Americans read on vacation
what is the history of beach reads
why do we read different books in summer
women and summer reading
women's reading culture
women's reading habits 19th century
Product details
- ISBN 9781625343833
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 149 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2018
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The publishing phenomenon of summer reading, often focused on novels set in vacation destinations, started in the nineteenth century, as both print culture and tourist culture expanded in the United States. As an emerging middle class increasingly embraced summer leisure as a marker of social status, book publishers sought new market opportunities, authors discovered a growing readership, and more readers indulged in lighter fare.
Drawing on publishing records, book reviews, readers' diaries, and popular novels of the period, Donna Harrington-Lueker explores the beginning of summer reading and the backlash against it. Countering fears about the dangers of leisurely reading - especially for young women - publishers framed summer reading not as a disreputable habit but as a respectable pastime and welcome respite. Books for Idle Hours sheds new light on an ongoing seasonal publishing tradition.
Drawing on publishing records, book reviews, readers' diaries, and popular novels of the period, Donna Harrington-Lueker explores the beginning of summer reading and the backlash against it. Countering fears about the dangers of leisurely reading - especially for young women - publishers framed summer reading not as a disreputable habit but as a respectable pastime and welcome respite. Books for Idle Hours sheds new light on an ongoing seasonal publishing tradition.
Donna Harrington-Lueker is professor of English at Salve Regina University.
