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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
Autor principal: Price, Leah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bibel > Ester
Leser
Englisch
Literatur
English fiction.
Books > Psychological aspects.
Books in literature.
Books and reading in literature.
Books and reading.
Book industries and trade.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
Livres dans la litterature.
Livres et lecture dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Livres > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Livres > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Books > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Books > Great Britain > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who reduced newspapers to fish 'n' chips wrap? Shedding new light on novels by Thackeray, Dickens, the Brontës, Trollope, and Collins, as well as the urban sociology of Henry Mayhew, the book also uncovers the lives and afterlives of anonymous religious tracts and household manuals.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400842186

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