Silent reading and the birth of the narratorElspeth Jajdelska.

Jajdelska, Elspeth.

Silent reading and the birth of the narratorElspeth Jajdelska. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (x, 222 pages). - Studies in book and print culture .



""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Income, Ideology, and Childhood Reading""; ""2 Pausing for Effect""; ""3 Pausing for Breath""; ""4 Writing Polite Letters""; ""5 The Birth of the Recreational Diary""; ""6 The Birth of the Narrator""; ""Appendix""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""



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Books and reading--History--18th century.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.
Silent reading--History--18th century.


Electronic Books.

Z1003 / .S554 2007