Literature and agency in English fiction reading : a study of the Henry Williamson Society /
Adam Reed explores topics including the extent to which readers' beliefs and practices affect their attitudes toward the material culture of reading and the ways in which books are imbued with greater significance than other objects found in readers' homes. Reed highlights the connections...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Studies in book and print culture.
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| Summary: | Adam Reed explores topics including the extent to which readers' beliefs and practices affect their attitudes toward the material culture of reading and the ways in which books are imbued with greater significance than other objects found in readers' homes. Reed highlights the connections between the pleasures of the individual experience of reading and the development of a sense of responsibility to a reading community. Expanding the disciplinary boundaries of book history and reception studies, Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading introduces an innovative new methodology for studying reading communities. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 212 pages : portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442642485 1442642483 |