Reader, the Body, and the Book

Visceral Reading Experiences in the Victorian Novel

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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This transatlantic, diachronic study of 19th-century literature analyzes the rising complexity of sensorimotor descriptions in four major Victorian novels: Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Charlotte Brontë’s Villette, Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady, and

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Utgivningsdatum2025-05-16
Mått148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt446 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor324
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783662708507

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Natasha Anderson earned her doctoral degree in British Studies with a grade of “summa cum laude”, part of a German Research Foundation project, and her M.A. in American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, where she now studies Digital Humanities. She participated in the Institute for World Literature at Harvard University, published articles in English Studies and Journal of European Periodical Studies, and wrote book reviews in European Journal of American Studies.

Introduction to the Reader, the Body, and the Book.- Theoretical Foundations of Visceral Reading Experiences.- Tactility, Creative Traces, and Transformative Reading in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.- Restless Bodies, Rekindled Memories, and Somatic Encounters in Villette.- Multisensory Mosaic, Lively Motion, and Ghostly Grief in The Portrait of a Lady.- Shared Experiences of Strolling, Sounds, and Sorrows in Tess of the d’Urbervilles.- Living Literature: Recent Refigurations of Visceral Reading Experiences.- Conclusion: Changes and Continuities of Visceral Reading Experiences.