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Reading sensations in early modern England / Katharine A. Craik.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Craik, Katharine A.
- Series:
- Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Early modern literature in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature.
- English literature--Psychological aspects.
- Reading--Psychological aspects.
- Reading.
- Reading--Physiological aspects.
- Literature and morals.
- Mind and body.
- Reader-response criticism.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 200 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Summary:
- This is the first study of the origins of pornography in early modern practices of reading and writing. Craik explores connections between literature, the passions, and bodily experience in texts by Sidney, Donne and their contemporaries, opening up an interface between literary texts and historical physiological effects.
- Notes:
- This study examines the power of literature to affect readers' minds, bodies and souls, the theory of reading, and of mind and body.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781403921925
- 140392192X
- OCLC:
- 76184172
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