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The Female Reader in the English Novel
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Authors: Joe Bray
Categories: Literary Collections
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In the second half of the eighteenth century the female reader was a frequent topic of cultural debate and moral concern. This book examines the variety of ways
The Woman Reader
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Belinda Jack
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-17 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Explores what and how women of widely differing cultures have read through the ages, from Cro-Magnon caves to the digital readers of today, drawing distinctions
The Woman Reader, 1837-1914
Language: en
Pages: 366
Authors: Kate Flint
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

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This book is an original and fascinating look at the topos of the woman reader and its functioning in cultural debate between the accession of Queen Victoria an
Writing the Reader
Language: de
Pages: 268
Authors: Dorothee Birke
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-08 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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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 de
Reading the Romance
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Janice A. Radway
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-18 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative