Writing the reader : configurations of a cultural practice in the English novel /
The history of the novel is also a history of shifting views of the value of novel reading. This study investigates how novels themselves participate in this development by featuring reading as a multidimensional cultural practice. English novels about obsessive reading, written in times of medial t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
2016.
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| Series: | Linguae & litterae ;
v. 59. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The history of the novel is also a history of shifting views of the value of novel reading. This study investigates how novels themselves participate in this development by featuring reading as a multidimensional cultural practice. English novels about obsessive reading, written in times of medial transition, serve as test cases for a model that brings together analyses of form and content. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110399844 3110399849 9783110400069 3110400065 9783110399851 3110399857 |