| Writing the Reader: Configurations of a Cultural Practice in the English Novel Contributor(s): Birke, Dorothee (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110307634 ISBN-13: 9783110307634 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $169.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Series: Linguae & Litterae |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.15 lbs) 267 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Birke, Dorothee: - Dorothee Birke, Univ. of Freiburg, Germany, and Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark. |