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: | Thesis |
Language: | Inglés |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] :
De Gruyter
2016
2016. |
Edition: | 1st ed |
Series: | Linguae & litterae ;
Volume 59. |
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009437768806719 |
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: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 p.) Issued also in print |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9783110400069 9783110399844 |