Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator

Elspeth Jajdelska

Published by University of Toronto Press 2007

Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator

Elspeth Jajdelska

In the series Studies in Book and Print Culture

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684805

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About this book

Based on a wealth of compelling arguments, Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator is an important addition to literary studies, eighteenth-century history, and book and print culture.

Author / Editor information

Jajdelska Elspeth :

Elspeth Jajdelska is a lecturer in English Studies at the University of Strathclyde.

Reviews

Sarah Jordan, Eighteenth-Century Fiction:

"There is much to admire in the wide ranging scholarship of Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator. Jajdelska explains linguistics clearly enough for the non-specialist to understand them. I found myself wanting to hear more of Jajdelska's thoughts and thinking in a way I never had before about that phrase 'hear more.'"

Shef Rogers, Script & Print:

"This book will undoubtedly lead scholars to hear anew, see anew, and think anew about the precise elements that make enlightenment prose seem, to us, so enlightened and to explain what is 'alien' about earlier prose in more sympathetic ways."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Income, Ideology, and Childhood Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2. Pausing for Effect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3. Pausing for Breath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
4. Writing Polite Letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
5. The Birth of the Recreational Diary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
6. The Birth of the Narrator Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256

eBook

Published: December 31, 2007
ISBN: 9781442684805