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Author Brantlinger, Patrick, 1941-

Title The reading lesson : the threat of mass literacy in nineteenth century British fiction / Patrick Brantlinger.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-246) and index.
Contents Introduction: the case of the poisonous book -- Gothic toxins: The castle of Otranto, The monk, and Caleb Williams -- The reading monster -- How Oliver Twist learned to read, and what he read -- Poor Jack, poor Jane: representing the working class and women in early and mid-Victorian novels -- Cashing in on the real in Thackeray and Trollope -- Novel sensations of the 1860s -- The educations of Edward Hyde and Edwin Reardon -- Overbooked versus bookless futures in late-Victorian fiction.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Popular literature -- Appreciation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Popular literature -- Appreciation.
Great Britain.
History.
Popular literature.
Working class -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Working class -- Books and reading.
Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Books and reading.
Literacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Literacy.
Fiction -- Appreciation -- Great Britain -- History.
Fiction -- Appreciation.
Books and reading in literature.
Books and reading in literature.
Popular culture in literature.
Popular culture in literature.
Social conflict in literature.
Social conflict in literature.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Brantlinger, Patrick, 1941- Reading lesson. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1998 0253334543 (DLC) 98019906 (OCoLC)38924292
ISBN 0585161674 (electronic book)
9780585161679 (electronic book)
0253334543 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0253212499 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780253334541 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9780253212498 (paperback ; alkaline paper)