What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?
Correct answer: A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
- A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
- B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
- C. a popular thirst for the \classics,\
- D. driving contemporary writers to the margins
- E. none of the above
Explanation
Compulsory elementary education created a much larger reading public, allowing publishers to produce literature for mass consumption. The Act therefore helped expand popular fiction and other forms of mass-produced reading rather than merely increasing demand for textbooks.
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