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-> | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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 |
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-> | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bodies and books : 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-9910821340003321 |
Silverman Gillian D. <1967-> | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Carnival on the page [[electronic resource] ] : popular print media in antebellum America / / by Isabelle Lehuu |
Autore | Lehuu Isabelle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 028/.9/097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century
Popular literature - United States - History and criticism American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8078-6082-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455899203321 |
Lehuu Isabelle | ||
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Carnival on the page [[electronic resource] ] : popular print media in antebellum America / / by Isabelle Lehuu |
Autore | Lehuu Isabelle |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 028/.9/097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century
Popular literature - United States - History and criticism American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
979-88-908709-9-5
0-8078-6082-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780371203321 |
Lehuu Isabelle | ||
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Carnival on the page : popular print media in antebellum America / / by Isabelle Lehuu |
Autore | Lehuu Isabelle |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 028/.9/097309034 |
Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century
Popular literature - United States - History and criticism American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
979-88-908709-9-5
0-8078-6082-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1. The Elusive Reading Revolution -- Notes -- 2. Little Sheets of News and Varieties: The Penny Wonder in New York City -- Notes -- 3. Mammoths and Extras: Staging a Spectacle in Print -- Notes -- 4. Leaflets of Memory: Giftbooks and the Economy of the Gaze -- Notes -- 5. The ''Lady's Book'' and the Female Vernacular in Print Culture -- Notes -- 6. A Useful Recreation: Advice on Reading in the Age of Abundance -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823650203321 |
Lehuu Isabelle | ||
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Charles Dickens's American audience [[electronic resource] /] / Robert McParland |
Autore | McParland Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-60758-8
9786612607585 0-7391-4841-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Seeking Charles Dickens's American Audience; Chapter 2. Charles Dickens and the American Community; Chapter 3. Dickens and American Publishers; Chapter 4. Charles Dickens's First Visit to America, American Notes, and Martin Chuzzlewit; Chapter 5. Dickens and Library Reading; Chapter 6. Learning from Fiction and Reality; Chapter 7. Dickens in a House Divided; Chapter 8. Civil War Reading; Chapter 9. Theatricality; Chapter 10. The Public Readings and the American Reconstruction of Charles Dickens; Chapter 11. The Afterlife of Charles Dickens; Bibliography
Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458610203321 |
McParland Robert | ||
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Charles Dickens's American audience [[electronic resource] /] / Robert McParland |
Autore | McParland Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-282-60758-8
9786612607585 0-7391-4841-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Seeking Charles Dickens's American Audience; Chapter 2. Charles Dickens and the American Community; Chapter 3. Dickens and American Publishers; Chapter 4. Charles Dickens's First Visit to America, American Notes, and Martin Chuzzlewit; Chapter 5. Dickens and Library Reading; Chapter 6. Learning from Fiction and Reality; Chapter 7. Dickens in a House Divided; Chapter 8. Civil War Reading; Chapter 9. Theatricality; Chapter 10. The Public Readings and the American Reconstruction of Charles Dickens; Chapter 11. The Afterlife of Charles Dickens; Bibliography
Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791488803321 |
McParland Robert | ||
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Charles Dickens's American audience / / Robert McParland |
Autore | McParland Robert |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century
Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN |
1-282-60758-8
9786612607585 0-7391-4841-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Seeking Charles Dickens's American Audience; Chapter 2. Charles Dickens and the American Community; Chapter 3. Dickens and American Publishers; Chapter 4. Charles Dickens's First Visit to America, American Notes, and Martin Chuzzlewit; Chapter 5. Dickens and Library Reading; Chapter 6. Learning from Fiction and Reality; Chapter 7. Dickens in a House Divided; Chapter 8. Civil War Reading; Chapter 9. Theatricality; Chapter 10. The Public Readings and the American Reconstruction of Charles Dickens; Chapter 11. The Afterlife of Charles Dickens; Bibliography
Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807801903321 |
McParland Robert | ||
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The "dangerous" potential of reading : readers and the negotiation of power in nineteenth-century narratives / / Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau |
Autore | Aliaga-Buchenau Ana-Isabel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 187 p |
Disciplina | 813/.309355 |
Collana | Literary criticism and cultural theory |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Books and reading in literature Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism Books and reading - France - History - 19th century Comparative literature - American and French Comparative literature - French and American Power (Social sciences) in literature Narration (Rhetoric) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-135-88348-3
1-135-88349-1 1-138-99059-0 1-280-07612-7 0-203-48608-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Reading and Power in the Nineteenth Century -- chapter 2 The Pathway from Slavery to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of -- Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of / Frederick Douglass -- chapter 3 The Passage to Middle-Class Respectability -- Horatio Alger's Ragged Dick -- chapter 4 The Road to Revolt -- Emile Zola's Germinal -- chapter 5 Women, Reading, and Power -- chapter 6 The Demonic Underneath the Angelic Little Woman: Louisa May -- Louisa May Alcott's Little Women / Alcott's Little Women -- chapter 7 A Little Woman Gone Astray -- Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450711603321 |
Aliaga-Buchenau Ana-Isabel | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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