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The woman reader, 1837-1914 /Kate Flint

By: Kate FlintContributor(s): Kate FlintMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD. | ;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press , 1995Description: xii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 9780198121855Subject(s): Reading InformationGenre/Form: Women -- Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.DDC classification: 028.9082 FLI

Contents:

1.Introduction 2.Theory and women's reading 3.Victorian and Edwardian reading 4.Medical,Physiological,and Psychoanalytic Theory 5.Advice Manuals,Informative Works,And Instructional Articles 6.Reading at School 7.Reading in the Periodical Press 8.Reading Practices 9.Fictional Reading 10.Sensation Fiction 11.'New Women 'Fiction

Summary: This is a fascinating and original study of the image of the woman reader in Victorian and Edwardian culture and literature. Kate Flint draws on a wide range of texts from `high' literature to advice manuals, autobiographies to medical and psychological writings in order to examine the controversies surrounding what, where, and how women should read.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	SNU LIBRARY	028.9082 FLI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		25906

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1.Introduction
2.Theory and women's reading
3.Victorian and Edwardian reading
4.Medical,Physiological,and Psychoanalytic Theory
5.Advice Manuals,Informative Works,And Instructional Articles
6.Reading at School
7.Reading in the Periodical Press
8.Reading Practices
9.Fictional Reading
10.Sensation Fiction
11.'New Women 'Fiction

This is a fascinating and original study of the image of the woman reader in Victorian and Edwardian culture and literature. Kate Flint draws on a wide range of texts from `high' literature to advice manuals, autobiographies to medical and psychological writings in order to examine the controversies surrounding what, where, and how women should read.

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