Writing the Reader Configurations of a Cultural Practice in the English Novel (Volume 59)
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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De Gruyter
2016
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Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
ISBN: | 9783110399844 doi.org/10.1515/9783110399844 |