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The printed reader : gender, quixotism, and textual bodies in eighteenth-century Britain /

"The Printed Reader explores the transformative power of reading in the eighteenth century, and how this was expressed in the fascination with Don Quixote and in a proliferation of narratives about quixotic readers, readers who attempt to reproduce and embody their readings. The collection brin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dale, Amelia (Author)
Corporate Author: Bucknell University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2019]
Series:Transits (Bucknell University)
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The Printed Reader explores the transformative power of reading in the eighteenth century, and how this was expressed in the fascination with Don Quixote and in a proliferation of narratives about quixotic readers, readers who attempt to reproduce and embody their readings. The collection brings together key debates concerning quixotic narratives, print culture, sensibility, empiricism, book history, and the material text, connecting developments in print technology to gendered conceptualizations of quixotism"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-206) and index.
ISBN:1684481066
9781684481064