Bodies and books [[electronic resource] ] : reading and the fantasy of communion in nineteenth-century America / / Gillian Silverman
| Bodies and books [[electronic resource] ] : reading and the fantasy of communion in nineteenth-century America / / Gillian Silverman |
| Autore | Silverman Gillian D. <1967-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature Interpersonal relations in literature Books and reading - Psychological aspects Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century Authors and readers - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89880-2
0-8122-0618-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface. Reading and the Search for Oneness -- Introduction. The Fantasy of Communion -- Chapter 1. Railroad Reading, Wayward Reading -- Chapter 2. Books and the Dead -- Chapter 3. Textual Sentimentalism: Incest and the Author-Reader Bond in Melville's Pierre -- Chapter 4. Outside the Circle: Embodied Communion in Frederick Douglass's 1845 Narrative -- Chapter 5. "The Polishing Attrition": Reading, Writing, and Renunciation in the Work of Susan Warner -- Epilogue. No End in Sight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463880403321 |
Silverman Gillian D. <1967->
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bodies and books [[electronic resource] ] : reading and the fantasy of communion in nineteenth-century America / / Gillian Silverman
| Bodies and books [[electronic resource] ] : reading and the fantasy of communion in nineteenth-century America / / Gillian Silverman |
| Autore | Silverman Gillian D. <1967-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature Interpersonal relations in literature Books and reading - Psychological aspects Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century Authors and readers - United States - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cultural Studies
Literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-89880-2
0-8122-0618-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface. Reading and the Search for Oneness -- Introduction. The Fantasy of Communion -- Chapter 1. Railroad Reading, Wayward Reading -- Chapter 2. Books and the Dead -- Chapter 3. Textual Sentimentalism: Incest and the Author-Reader Bond in Melville's Pierre -- Chapter 4. Outside the Circle: Embodied Communion in Frederick Douglass's 1845 Narrative -- Chapter 5. "The Polishing Attrition": Reading, Writing, and Renunciation in the Work of Susan Warner -- Epilogue. No End in Sight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788384303321 |
Silverman Gillian D. <1967->
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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