The Physiology of the Novel
Reading, Neural Science, and the Form of Victorian Fiction
ISBN13: 9780199208968ISBN10: 0199208964
Hardback,
288 pages
Oct 2007,
In Stock
Price:
$110.00 (06)Table of Contents
Introduction: Toward a History of Victorian Novel Theory
Part One: Theories of Reading: A Critical Prehistory
1.
Mass Reading and Physiological Novel Theory
Part Two: 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
