What was the "reading mania"? what was it's impact on children,women and workers?
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Through the 17th and 18th centuries literacy rates went up in most parts of Europe, and by the end of 18th century it was as high as 60 to 80 per cent. As literacy rates went up , there was a virtual reading mania. 1)New forms of literature appeared in print, targeting new audiences. A children's press was set up in France in 1857 devoted to children alone. The Grimm Brothers collected and compiled traditional folk tales. 2)Women became both important readers and writers. Penny magazines were specially meant for women. Prominent women novelists were Jane Austen, the Bronte Sisters and George Eliot. Their novel defined a new type of women - a person with will, strength, personality and power to think. 3)Leading libraries in England became instrumental for the middle and lower classes. After shortening of work hours, workers had time for self-improvement and self-expression. They wrote about politics and autobiography.
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Its Impacts on children, Women, and workers were :
i. As primary education became compulsory from the late nineteenth century, children becamean important category of readers. Production of school textbooks became critical for thepublishing industry. A childrens press, devoted to literature for children alone, was set up inFrance in 1857. This press published new works as well as old fairy tales and folk tales.
ii. Women became important as readers as well as writers. Penny magazines were especiallymeant for women, and there were manuals teaching proper behaviour and housekeeping. Whennovels began to be written in the nineteenth century, women were seen as important readers.Some of the best-known novelists were women: Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot.etc. Their writings became important in defining a new type of woman: a person with will,strength of personality, determination and the power to think.
iii. In the nineteenth century, lending libraries in England became instruments for educatingwhite-collar workers, artisans and lower-middle-class people. Sometimes, self-educatedworking class people wrote for themselves. After the working day was gradually shortened fromthe mid-nineteenth century, workers had some time for self-improvement and self-expression.They wrote political tracts and autobiographies in large numbers.
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