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dc.contributor.authorHansen, Poul Henning Gustaf
dc.contributor.authorPurtoft, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-25T07:52:37Z
dc.date.available2022-01-25T07:52:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.description.abstractLong before Ibsen became a world-famous playwright, he achieved the status of bestseller in his home markets. His books were eventually printed in first editions of 10,000 copies, and whenever a new book came on the market it was greeted by eagerly awaiting readers throughout Scandinavia. This chapter explores the publication and reception of Ibsen’s books, and pays special attention to Ibsen’s readership. The chapter is based mainly on archival studies of sales’ and borrowers’ records from a number of Scandinavian bookshops and libraries, which collectively provide a unique insight into Ibsen’s readership. The study finds that wholesalers, academics, bookkeepers as well as craftsmen, peasant students and married and unmarried women were among the readers. His clientele can roughly be divided into two main groups: a primary group comprising readers who could afford to buy Ibsen’s books, consisting mainly of educated and well-to-do members of the public, and a secondary, less affluent group, largely dependent on libraries in order to access his writings. By the turn of the century, Ibsen’s books were published in cheaper and larger editions, which increased sales among readers of limited means.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHansen, H., & Purtoft, M. (2021). Publishing and Readerships. In N. Fulsås & T. Rem (Eds.), <i>Ibsen in Context</i> (Literature in Context, pp. 119-126). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1908047
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/9781108381130.019
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-108-42220-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/23791
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 Cambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070en_US
dc.subjectBokhistorie / History of the booken_US
dc.subjectHenrik Ibsen / Henrik Ibsenen_US
dc.subjectLesing / Readingen_US
dc.subjectResepsjonshistorie / Reception historyen_US
dc.titlePublishing and Readershipsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeChapteren_US
dc.typeBokkapittelen_US


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