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: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016
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| Series: | linguae & litterae
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (267 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110399844 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110399844 |
| Access: | Open Access |