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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816957903321

Autore

Jajdelska Elspeth

Titolo

Silent reading and the birth of the narrator / / Elspeth Jajdelska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-8480-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Studies in Book and Print Culture

Disciplina

028/.09032

Soggetti

Silent reading - History - 18th century

Books and reading - History - 18th century

Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 18th century

Silent reading - History - 17th century

Books and reading - History - 17th century

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Income, Ideology, and Childhood Reading -- 2. Pausing for Effect -- 3. Pausing for Breath -- 4. Writing Polite Letters -- 5. Birth of the Recreational Diary -- 6. Birth of the Narrator.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a wealth of compelling arguments, Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator is an important addition to literary studies, eighteenth-century history, and book and print culture.