The physiology of the novel : reading, neural science, and the form of Victorian fiction /

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How did the Victorians read novels? The author answers that deceptively simple question by revealing a now-forgotten range of 19th century theories of the novel, based in a study of human physiology during the act of reading.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dames, Nicholas, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Reader-response criticism > Great Britain.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esthétique de la réception > Grande-Bretagne.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Books and reading
English literature
English literature > Theory, etc.
Literature and society
Reader-response criticism
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Toward a History of Victorian Novel Theory; I. THEORIES OF READING: A CRITICAL PREHISTORY; 1. Mass Reading and Physiological Novel Theory; II. PRACTICES OF READING: FOUR CASES; 2. Distraction's Negative Liberty: Thackeray and Attention (Intermittent Form); 3. Melodies for the Forgetful: Eliot, Wagner, and Duration (Elongated Form); 4. Just Noticeable Differences: Meredith and Fragmentation (Discontinuous Form); 5. The Eye as Motor: Gissing and Speed-Reading (Accelerated Form); Coda: I.A. Richards and the End of Physiological Novel Theory.
  • BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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