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How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Price, Leah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
©2012
Temas:
Bibel > Ester
1800-1899
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Books > Great Britain > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century.
Books > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading in literature.
Books in literature.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Livres > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Livres > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture dans la littérature.
Livres dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Book industries and trade
Books and reading
Books and reading in literature
Books in literature
Books > Psychological aspects
English fiction
Literatur
Englisch
Leser
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reader's block
  • Anthony Trollope and the repellent book
  • David Copperfield and the absorbent book
  • It-narrative and the book as agent
  • The book as burden : junk mail and religious tracts
  • The book as go-between : domestic servants and forced reading
  • The book as waste : Henry Mayhew and the fall of paper recycling.

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