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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Price, Leah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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