The development of a mass readership, a mass market for books, and a prominent status of reading and readers is reflected in the central role of literacy, reading, and books in the lives of protagonists in nineteenth-century American and French literature. In this book, Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau examines the destabilizing role of reading in the works of Frederick Douglass, Horatio Alger, Emile Zola, Louisa May Alcott, and Gustave Flaubert. This book-the first to study nineteenth-century protagonists across lines of nationality, class, and gender-demonstrates the empowering effects of reading for Douglass, Alger's Ragged Dick, Zola's Etienne, Alcott's Jo, and Flaubert's Emma.
| ISBN: | 9781138990593 |
| Publication date: | 18th November 2016 |
| Author: | AnaIsabel AliagaBuchenau |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 202 pages |
| Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literacy |
The development of a mass readership, a mass market for books, and a prominent status of reading and readers is reflected in the central role of literacy, reading, and books in the lives of protagonists in nineteenth-century American and French literature. In this book, Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau examines the destabilizing role of reading in the works of Frederick Douglass, Horatio Alger, Emile Zola, Louisa May Alcott, and Gustave Flaubert. This book-the first to study nineteenth-century protagonists across lines of nationality, class, and gender-demonstrates the empowering effects of reading for Douglass, Alger's Ragged Dick, Zola's Etienne, Alcott's Jo, and Flaubert's Emma.
The Dangerous Potential of Reading features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literacy
The Dangerous Potential of Reading is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Dangerous Potential of Reading was written by AnaIsabel AliagaBuchenau and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Dangerous Potential of Reading has 202 pages
Yes it is part of Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory series
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