Description
Book SynopsisThis book represents the first anthropological study of fiction reading and the first ethnography of British literary culture. It is the outcome of long-term engagement with a set of solitary readers who belong to a single literary society.
Trade Review"In Adam Reed's highly original book, based on over a decade of active involvement with the Henry Williamson Society, reading clearly works as an ethnographic object, allowing him also to engage with many ongoing academic debates."
"Reed contributes to debates not only on literacy, but also on nature ontologies, social memory, sense of place and material culture among others."
Reed's capacity to identify variety and imagination where one expects merely the middlebrow will inspire interested undergraduates and advanced researchers alike.
Literature and Agency is a thought-provoking ethnography focusing on art, creativity, the mediation of agency in the context of literacy practices and British society.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction:
Part One: Books
1. Possessions
2. Collections
Part Two: Land
3. Journeys
4. Returns
Part Three: Pasts
5. Remembrance
6. Pattern
Conclusion
