Writing the Reader Configurations of a Cultural Practice in the English Novel (Volume 59)

Writing the Reader Configurations of a Cultural Practice in the English Novel (Volume 59)

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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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Main Author: Birke, Dorothee (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016
Subjects:
Literature: history & criticism
Agriculture & farming
Literary Criticism
European
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Technology & Engineering
Agriculture
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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.
ISBN:/doi.org/10.1515/9783110399844
9783110399844
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