Fisher Exhibition Opening: Popular Culture in Early Modern English Household Print 1660-1800 In-Person
Popular Culture in Early Modern English Household Print 1660-1800
Some things do not change much over time, namely the kinds of books people read and keep as reference sources at home. This exhibition showcases materials from the three best-selling genres of later seventeenth and eighteenth-century English print: household manuals, religious works, and light entertainment. The first encompassed practical guides from almanacs to cookbooks and gardening texts. The second consisted of devotional and didactic literature. The third comprehended a motley assortment of publications ranging from pamphlet novellas to sensational news and the latest theatrical songs. This is some of the first affordable print telling English people how to live their everyday lives.
This exhibition is curated by Jennifer Mori, Professor, Early Modern British History, Department of History, University of Toronto.
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