Literary depictions of dangerous reading : textual dangers /
This book explores how American and European books represent reading as a dangerous act. It studies works that stage depictions of reading in such a way that readers suffer actual harm from the magical or supernatural qualities of a given text. Such dangerous reading fascinates by exaggerating the d...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2019]
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| Summary: | This book explores how American and European books represent reading as a dangerous act. It studies works that stage depictions of reading in such a way that readers suffer actual harm from the magical or supernatural qualities of a given text. Such dangerous reading fascinates by exaggerating the dangers that inhabit real experiences of reading. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 195 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1498563716 9781498563710 |