Bodies and Books : Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
081224415X
ISBN-13
9780812244151
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint
University of Pennsylvania Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 23rd, 2012
Print length
277 Pages
Weight
492 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 23.60 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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This book argues that the practice of reading in nineteenth-century America was rooted in fantasies of communion. In handling a book, the reader imagined touching and being touched by the people affiliated with that book's narrative world. This could lead to a therapeutic sense of oneness with an author, a reader, or the material book itself.
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