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1041944
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b796314
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Dames, Nicholas,1970-
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| Title & Author
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The physiology of the novel : : reading, neural science, and the form of Victorian fiction /\ Nicholas Dames.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (vii, 277 pages) :: illustrations, music
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| ISBN
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0191526118
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: 0191695750
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: 128116061X
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: 1435609832
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: 6611160612
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: 9780191526114
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: 9780191695759
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: 9781281160614
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: 9781435609839
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: 9786611160616
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0199208964
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9780199208968
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-272) and index.
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| Contents
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Toward a History of Victorian Novel Theory; I. THEORIES OF READING: A CRITICAL PREHISTORY; 1. Mass Reading and Physiological Novel Theory; II. PRACTICES OF READING: FOUR CASES; 2. Distraction's Negative Liberty: Thackeray and Attention (Intermittent Form); 3. Melodies for the Forgetful: Eliot, Wagner, and Duration (Elongated Form); 4. Just Noticeable Differences: Meredith and Fragmentation (Discontinuous Form); 5. The Eye as Motor: Gissing and Speed-Reading (Accelerated Form); Coda: I.A. Richards and the End of Physiological Novel Theory.
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BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.
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| Abstract
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How did the Victorians read novels? The author answers that deceptively simple question by revealing a now-forgotten range of 19th century theories of the novel, based in a study of human physiology during the act of reading.
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Books and reading-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
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English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
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English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
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Reader-response criticism-- Great Britain.
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Books and reading.
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English literature-- Theory, etc.
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English literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature and society.
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Reader-response criticism.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9008
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| LC Classification
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PR461.D34 2007eb
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