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The Dangerous Potential of Reading

- Readers & the Negotiation of Power in Selected Nineteenth-Century Narratives

About The Dangerous Potential of Reading

The development of a mass readership, a mass market for books, and the prominent status of reading and readers is reflected in the central role of literacy, reading and books in the lives of protagonists in 19th-century US and French literature. This text examines the destabilizing role and empowering effects of reading in a variety of works

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415968331
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 202
  • Published:
  • October 14, 2003
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 408 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 18, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of The Dangerous Potential of Reading

The development of a mass readership, a mass market for books, and the prominent status of reading and readers is reflected in the central role of literacy, reading and books in the lives of protagonists in 19th-century US and French literature. This text examines the destabilizing role and empowering effects of reading in a variety of works

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