Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading - A Study of the Henry Williamson Society

Informationen zum Autor Adam Reed is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of St. Andrews Klappentext This book represents the first anthropological study of fiction reading and the first ethnography of British literary culture. It is the outcome of long-term engagement with a set of solitary readers who belong to a single literary society. Zusammenfassung This book represents the first anthropological study of fiction reading and the first ethnography of British literary culture. It is the outcome of long-term engagement with a set of solitary readers who belong to a single literary society. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction:Part One: Books1. Possessions2. CollectionsPart Two: Land3. Journeys4. ReturnsPart Three: Pasts5. Remembrance6. PatternConclusion

Product details

• Authors: Adam Reed
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780719084546
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8454-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: New Ethnographies; New Ethnographies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies