Innerkonfessionelle Buchdistribution und Lesen in slowakischen Landgemeinden im josephinischen Zeitalter
Book Distribution and Reading in Slovakian Rural Protestant Communities under Joseph II.
Author(s): Ivona KollárováSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history, 18th Century, Other Christian Denominations, Sociology of Literature
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Rural Population; Readership; Publishing; Protestant Communities; Slovakia; Upper Hungary; Book Networks; 1780–1790;
Summary/Abstract: The paper studies networks built up by Protestant pastors under Joseph II in Upper Hungary, ie. today’s Slovakia, with the aim of publishing, translating, purchasing and disseminating books that did not exclusively belong in the religious domain. The correspondence between pastors shows that the transmission process did not always rely solely on the work of booksellers but also on inter personal relations. The difficulties and failures of some publishing projects due to their unsuitability for the readership pastors aimed at, give a rare and valuable indication of the (in)abilities and expectations of the rural readership in the time of Enlightenment.
Journal: Cornova
- Issue Year: 03/2013
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 65-75
- Page Count: 11
- Language: German
