Title: The physiology of the novel
First published: 2007
Description: How did the Victorians read novels? The author answers that deceptively simple question by revealing a now-forgotten range of 19th century theories of the novel, based in a study of human physiology during the act of reading.
Subjects: English literature, History and criticism, History, Books and reading, Theory, Literature and society, Reader-response criticism, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Books and reading, history
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR461 .D34 2007