Images of the Woman Reader in Victorian British and American Fiction

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University Press of Florida, 2003 - 287 pages
OC By comparing 'ideologies surrounding women and books' on both sides of the Atlantic, it offers new interpretations of canonical texts in a series of fascinating pairings of British and American texts. . . . The most original aspect of the book is its examination of the woman reader as she appeared in illustrations in popular novels and the way illustration functioned as OCya vehicle for illuminating issues of gender."

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