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

Published Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages) 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 Summary The Reading Lesson describes the many ways in which novels and novel reading were viewed, especially by novelists themselves, as both causes and symptoms of mind rot and moral decay among nineteenth-century readers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-246) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism Popular literature -- Appreciation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Working class -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Literacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Fiction -- Appreciation -- Great Britain -- History Books and reading in literature. Popular culture in literature. Social conflict in literature. Literacy in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literacy in literature Books and reading Books and reading in literature English fiction Fiction -- Appreciation Literacy Popular culture in literature Popular literature -- Appreciation Social conflict in literature Working class -- Books and reading Leseverhalten Trivialroman Romans. Triviale literatuur. Leesgewoonten. Attitudeverandering. Great Britain Großbritannien Englisch. Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 98019906 ISBN 0585161674 9780585161679 9781282075726 1282075721 9786612075728 6612075724 0253112818 9780253112811

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