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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 : Indiana University Press, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PR868.P68 B73 1998    Available  ---
Description 254 pages ; 25 cm
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.
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.
ISBN 0253212499 paperback alkaline paper
0253334543 hardback alkaline paper