CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. LIST OF TABLES xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
7. INTRODUCTION 3
8. PART I: The Historical Context
9. Chapter 1. THE PRINTED WORD 27
10. Chapter 2. A LITERATE SOCIETY 55
11. Chapter 3. THE POLITICS OF RECEPTION 83
12. Chapter 4. CULTURAL MENTALITIES 111
13. PART II: Historical Interpretive Practices: The Art of Reading
14. Chapter 5. ARTISTIC IMAGES 143
15. Chapter 6. IN THE NOVEL 177
16. Chapter 7. JOURNALS AND MEMOIRS 199
17. PART III: Historical Interpretive Practices: The Act of Reading
18. Chapter 8. FROM NOBLE SENTIMENT TO PERSONAL SENSIBILITY 227
19. Chapter 9. RESPONSES TO GENRE 250
20. Chapter 10. READING THE NOVEL 275
21. CONCLUSION 303
22. APPENDIX TABLES 321
23. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARCHIVAL SOURCES 339
24. INDEX 343