“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” And the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911 Word by Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing Fever Reading: Affect and Reading Badly in the Early American Public Sphere Bodies and Books: Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America

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Book Review| June 01 2014 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” And the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911 Word by Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing Fever Reading: Affect and Reading Badly in the Early American Public Sphere Bodies and Books: Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911. By Hochman, Barbara. 2011. Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press. xv, 377 pp.$28.95.Word by Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing. By Hager, Christopher. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press. 2013. 311 pp.$39.95.Fever Reading: Affect and Reading Badly in the Early American Public Sphere. By Millner, Michael. Durham: Univ. of New Hampshire Press. 2012. xxii, 188 pp. Cloth, $85.00; paper, $35.00; e-book, $29.99.Bodies and Books: Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America. By Silverman, Gillian. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. 2012. xiii, 226 pp.$55.00. Janet Dean Janet Dean Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2014) 86 (2): 397–400. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2647054 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Janet Dean; “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” And the Reading Revolution: Race, Literacy, Childhood, and Fiction, 1851-1911 Word by Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing Fever Reading: Affect and Reading Badly in the Early American Public Sphere Bodies and Books: Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America. American Literature 1 June 2014; 86 (2): 397–400. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2647054 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Duke University Press2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.