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Theories of reading : books, bodies, and bibliomania /

"Why do literary theorists see reading as an act of dispassionate textual analysis and meaning production, when historical evidence shows that readers have often read excessively, obsessively, and for sensory stimulation? Posing these and other questions, this is the first major work to bring i...

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Main Author:	Littau, Karin, 1960-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Books and reading. Reading interests. Livres et lecture. Lecture, Goût de la. Buch. Bibliophilie. Lesen. Leser. Böcker och läsning. Läsning. Läsvanor. Litteraturreception. Läslust i litteraturen.
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