Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Abbreviations vii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Matter of the Reader: Materialism and Private Judgement 25
7. 2. The Ethics of Novel-Reading: Fiction and Moral Law 58
8. 3. The Discipline of Reading: ‘Enquiry’ and Religious Dissent 84
9. 4. Truth and Social Media: Books and Intellectual Regulation 119
10. 5. Books, Bodies and Monuments: Print and Perfectibility 148
11. Bibliography 182
12. Index 199