The Resource Conrad's reading : space, time, networks, Helen Chambers
Conrad's reading : space, time, networks, Helen Chambers
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The item Conrad's reading : space, time, networks, Helen Chambers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This book aligns concepts and methods from book history with new literary research on a globally studied writer. An innovative three-part approach, combining close reading the evidence of reading, scrutiny of international book distribution circuits, and of Conrad's many fictional representations of reading, illuminates his childhood, maritime and later shore-based reading. After an overview of the empirical evidence of Conrad's reading, his sparsely documented twenty years reading at sea and in port is reconstructed. An examination the reading practices of his famous narrator Marlow then serves to link Conrad's own maritime and shore-based reading. Conrad's subsequent networked reading, shared with his closest male friends, and with literate multilingual women, is examined within the context of Edwardian reading practices. His fictional representations of reading and material texts are highlighted throughout, including genre trends, periodical reading, reading spaces and their lighting, and the use of reading as therapy. The book should appeal both to Conrad scholars and to historians of reading
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (XIII, 245 pages)
- Contents
-
- 1. Introduction
- 2. 'Books are an integral part of one's life: evaluating the evidence of Conrad's reading
- 3. 'Read by chance on the Indian Ocean': reconstructing Conrad's maritime reading
- 4. 'A book, not bemused by the cleverness of the day': Marlow as a reader
- 5. 'A Conrad archipelago replete with islands': Edwardian reading communities
- 6. 'Gifted with tenderness and intelligence': Conrad's reading women
- 7. Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9783319764870
- Label
- Conrad's reading : space, time, networks
- Title
- Conrad's reading
- Title remainder
- space, time, networks
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Chambers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book aligns concepts and methods from book history with new literary research on a globally studied writer. An innovative three-part approach, combining close reading the evidence of reading, scrutiny of international book distribution circuits, and of Conrad's many fictional representations of reading, illuminates his childhood, maritime and later shore-based reading. After an overview of the empirical evidence of Conrad's reading, his sparsely documented twenty years reading at sea and in port is reconstructed. An examination the reading practices of his famous narrator Marlow then serves to link Conrad's own maritime and shore-based reading. Conrad's subsequent networked reading, shared with his closest male friends, and with literate multilingual women, is examined within the context of Edwardian reading practices. His fictional representations of reading and material texts are highlighted throughout, including genre trends, periodical reading, reading spaces and their lighting, and the use of reading as therapy. The book should appeal both to Conrad scholars and to historians of reading
- Cataloging source
- AZU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chambers, Helen
- Dewey number
- 002
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6005.O4
- LC item number
- C44 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- New Directions in Book History
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Conrad, Joseph
- Conrad, Joseph
- Books and reading in literature
- Books
- Civilization
- Literature
- Literature, Modern
- Label
- Conrad's reading : space, time, networks, Helen Chambers
- Antecedent source
- mixed
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. 'Books are an integral part of one's life: evaluating the evidence of Conrad's reading -- 3. 'Read by chance on the Indian Ocean': reconstructing Conrad's maritime reading -- 4. 'A book, not bemused by the cleverness of the day': Marlow as a reader -- 5. 'A Conrad archipelago replete with islands': Edwardian reading communities -- 6. 'Gifted with tenderness and intelligence': Conrad's reading women -- 7. Conclusion
- Control code
- 1034555502
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (XIII, 245 pages)
- File format
- multiple file formats
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783319764870
- Level of compression
- uncompressed
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1007/978-3-319-76487-0
- Other physical details
- 6 illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- absent
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034555502
- Label
- Conrad's reading : space, time, networks, Helen Chambers
- Antecedent source
- mixed
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. 'Books are an integral part of one's life: evaluating the evidence of Conrad's reading -- 3. 'Read by chance on the Indian Ocean': reconstructing Conrad's maritime reading -- 4. 'A book, not bemused by the cleverness of the day': Marlow as a reader -- 5. 'A Conrad archipelago replete with islands': Edwardian reading communities -- 6. 'Gifted with tenderness and intelligence': Conrad's reading women -- 7. Conclusion
- Control code
- 1034555502
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (XIII, 245 pages)
- File format
- multiple file formats
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9783319764870
- Level of compression
- uncompressed
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1007/978-3-319-76487-0
- Other physical details
- 6 illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- absent
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034555502
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