{"product_id":"the-reader-in-modernist-fiction-brian-richardson-9781399528375","title":"The Reader in Modernist Fiction","description":"Many major modernists - including Henry James, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Elizabeth Bowen, Vladimir Nabokov and Ralph Ellison - wrote central scenes describing characters reading. In most cases, the readers depicted suffer unfortunate fates. Intriguingly, the act of reading is also often intertwined with sexual activities. \u003ci\u003eThe Reader in Modernist Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e analyses the construction of fictional readers, tracing their development and transformation over the first half of the twentieth century. Brian Richardson explores how the effects of reading are represented within modernist and postmodern fiction, and studies misreading as a personal limitation, sexual invitation, aesthetic allegory and ideological critique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399528378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399528375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Brian Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137143812351,"sku":"9781399528375","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62ac09dc-45e2-4d01-b294-c063018e1360.jpg?v=1770166837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reader-in-modernist-fiction-brian-richardson-9781399528375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}