{"product_id":"the-immaterial-book-sarah-wall-randell-9780472118779","title":"The Immaterial Book: Reading and Romance in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn romances--Renaissance England's version of the fantasy novel--characters often discover books that turn out to be magical or prophetic, and to offer insights into their readers' selves. \u003ci\u003eThe Immaterial Book\u003c\/i\u003e examines scenes of reading in important romance texts across genres: Spenser's \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene, \u003c\/i\u003e Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eCymbeline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest, \u003c\/i\u003e Wroth's \u003ci\u003eUrania, \u003c\/i\u003e and Cervantes' \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e. It offers a response to \"material book studies\" by calling for a new focus on imaginary or \"immaterial\" books and argues that early modern romance authors, rather than replicating contemporary reading practices within their texts, are reviving ancient and medieval ideas of the book as a conceptual framework, which they use to investigate urgent, new ideas about the self and the self-conscious mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Wall-Randell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472118773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472118779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014","brand":"Sarah Wall-Randell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46052190716159,"sku":"9780472118779","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_172949a5-f2e6-4331-bf4c-c4f887a4c40d.jpg?v=1723555602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-immaterial-book-sarah-wall-randell-9780472118779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}