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The physiology of the novel : reading, neural science, and the form of Victorian fiction /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dames, Nicholas, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Reader-response criticism > Great Britain.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esthétique de la réception > Grande-Bretagne.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Books and reading
English literature
English literature > Theory, etc.
Literature and society
Reader-response criticism
Great Britain
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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