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The General Reader and the Academy\n\nMedieval French Literature and Penguin Classics\n\nDemonstrates that rather than Penguin Classics' frequently cited 'general reader', a more academic market contributed their success.\n\nLeah Tether (Author)\n\n9781108720175 (SKU 3272825), Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 30 May 2019\n\n94 pages\n17.6 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm, 0.13 kg\n\nPenguin Classics have built their reputation as one of the largest and most successful modern imprints for 'classic' texts on the notion of 'the general reader'. Following an interrogation of this idea, Leah Tether investigates the publication of medieval French literature on this list and shines a light on the drivers, motivations, negotiations and decision-making processes behind it. Focusing on the medieval French texts published between c.1956 and 2000, Tether demonstrates that, rather than Penguin's frequently cited 'general reader', a more academic market may have contributed to ensuring]