Attending especially to what, how, and why women read, Reading Women brings together a rich array of subjects that sheds light on the defining role the woman reader has played in the formation not only of literary history, but of British and American culture. The contributors break new ground by focusing on the impact representations of women readers have had on understandings of literacy and certain reading practices, the development of book and print culture, and the categorization of texts into high and low cultural forms.
Attending especially to what, how, and why women read, Reading Women brings together a rich array of subjects that sheds light on the defining role the woman reader has played in the formation not only of literary history, but of British and American culture. The contributors break new ground by focusing on the impact representations of women readers have had on understandings of literacy and certain reading practices, the development of book and print culture, and the categorization of texts into high and low cultural forms.
Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present
310
Reading Women: Literary Figures and Cultural Icons from the Victorian Age to the Present
310Paperback
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780802094872 |
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| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Publication date: | 11/12/2006 |
| Series: | Heritage |
| Pages: | 310 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |