{"product_id":"silent-reading-and-the-birth-of-the-narrator-hardback-9780802093646","title":"Silent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator (Hardback) 9780802093646","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSilent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElspeth Jajdelska (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802093646\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will undoubtedly lead scholars to hear anew, see anew, and think anew about the precise elements that make enlightenment prose seem, to us, so enlightened and to explain what is 'alien' about earlier prose in more sympathetic ways.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Shef Rogers, Script \u0026amp; Print \u003cp\u003e\"There is much to admire in the wide ranging scholarship of \u003cem\u003eSilent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e. Jajdelska explains linguistics clearly enough for the non-specialist to understand them. I found myself wanting to hear more of Jajdelska's thoughts and thinking in a way I never had before about that phrase 'hear more.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Sarah Jordan, Eighteenth-Century Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough there is abundant evidence that silent reading existed in antiquity, the question remains as to when it became widespread. \u003cem\u003eSilent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e asserts that, due to a rise in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries in the number of parents who could afford to let their children read freely, widely, and for prolonged periods, an entire generation grew into fluent, silent readers in the later 1700s. At that point in time, the reader ceased to be a mouthpiece of the writer, becoming instead a silent hearer of an imagined writer's words.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElspeth Jajdelska uses historical, linguistic, and literary evidence to discuss the reorientation of the text and reader towards one another. She specifically investigates changes in punctuation, sentence structure, and letter and diary writing in the period to illuminate the emergence of a new prose style and the birth of the narrator. Unique to Jajdelska's study is the consideration of silent reading as something that explains changes in literary history. She also incorporates new insights on the history of reading, the novel, the diary, and the English language, using rigorous linguistic analysis and evidence drawn from the study of psychology. Based on a wealth of compelling arguments, \u003cem\u003eSilent Reading and the Birth of the Narrator\u003c\/em\u003e is an important addition to literary studies, eighteenth-century history, and book and print culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545906508056,"sku":"9780802093646","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/silent-reading-and-the-birth-of-the-narrator-hardback-9780802093646","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}