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The non-literate other : readings of illiteracy in twentieth-century novels in English /

Public debates on the benefits and dangers of mass literacy prompted nineteenth-century British authors to write about illiteracy. Since the early twentieth century writers outside Europe have paid increasing attention to the subject as a measure both of cultural dependence and independence. So far...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramsey-Kurz, Helga
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007.
Colección:Costerus ; new ser., v. 171.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of contents; acknowledgements; introduction; i: illiteracy as a theoretical anathema; ii: illiteracy as a literary theme; iii: the non-literate without: unlettered calibans in distant europe; iv: the non-literate in sight: the unlettered native in contact narratives; v: the non-literate within: established forms of non-literacy in literate cultures; vi: the illiterate returned: illiteracy in migrant literature; closing remarks; bibliography; index.