Where to Do Things with Words. Circulating Books, Decorating Rooms and Locating Modern Reading

B. de Bruyn

doi:10.1111/oli.12015

Where to Do Things with Words. Circulating Books, Decorating Rooms and Locating Modern Reading

B. de Bruyn^*

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Abstract

Inspired by Leah Price's recent plea on behalf of the study of nonreading' and literary logistics, this essay reconstructs a slice of the history of reading locations by analysing the decoration advice, the changing symbolic associations and the modes of print circulation connected with private libraries and toilets in the writings of two modern authors: Edith Wharton and Henry Miller.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-472
Number of pages	16
Journal	Orbis Litterarum
Volume	68
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/oli.12015
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Edith Wharton
Henry Miller
LIBRARY
READERS
TOILET
book history
history of reading
reception studies

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10.1111/oli.12015

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