The physiology of the novel : reading, neural science, and the form of Victorian fiction /
How did the Victorians read novels? The author answers that deceptively simple question by revealing a now-forgotten range of 19th century theories of the novel, based in a study of human physiology during the act of reading.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How did the Victorians read novels? The author answers that deceptively simple question by revealing a now-forgotten range of 19th century theories of the novel, based in a study of human physiology during the act of reading. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 277 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-272) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435609839 1435609832 9780191526114 0191526118 128116061X 9781281160614 9780191695759 0191695750 9786611160616 6611160612 |