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04007aam a2200589 i 4500 001 D619FBAC141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240517010047 008 230317s2023 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022055147 020 $a 0691252343 020 $a 9780691252346 020 $a 0691170681 020 $a 9780691170688 035 $a (OCoLC)1354505838 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IUO $d IMD $d YDX $d VP@ $d MUU $d BKL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR441 $b .W55 2023 082 00 $a 820.9/005 $2 23/eng/20230329 084 $a HIS037050 $a HIS037050 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Williams, Abigail, $e author. 245 10 $a Reading it wrong : $b an alternative history of early eighteenth-century literature / $c Abigail Williams. 246 3 $a Alternative history of early 18th-century literature 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a ix, 309 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Reading it wrong : an introduction -- The good reader -- The Christian reader -- The classical reader -- The literary reader -- Mind the gap : reading topically -- The intimacy of omission -- Unlocking the past -- Out of control -- Messing with readers. 520 $a "How eighteenth-century literature depended on misinterpretation--and how this still shapes the way we read. Reading It Wrong is a new history of eighteenth-century English literature that explores what has been everywhere evident but rarely talked about: the misunderstanding, muddle and confusion of readers of the past when they first met the uniquely elusive writings of the period. Abigail Williams uses the marginal marks and jottings of these readers to show that flawed interpretation has its own history--and its own important role to play--in understanding how, why and what we read. Focusing on the first half of the eighteenth century, the golden age of satire, Reading It Wrong tells how a combination of changing readerships and fantastically tricky literature created the perfect grounds for puzzlement and partial comprehension. Through the lens of a history of imperfect reading, we see that many of the period's major works--by writers including Daniel Defoe, Eliza Haywood, Mary Wortley Montagu, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift--both generated and depended upon widespread misreading. Being foxed by a satire, coded fiction or allegory was, like Wordle or the cryptic crossword, a form of entertainment, and perhaps a group sport. Rather than worrying that we don't have all the answers, we should instead recognize the cultural importance of not knowing"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English literature $y 18th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English literature $x Appreciation. 650 0 $a Satire, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Books and reading $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 6 $a Litterature anglaise $y 18e siecle $x Histoire et critique. 650 6 $a Livres et lecture $z Angleterre $x Histoire $y 18e siecle. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Books and reading $2 fast 650 7 $a English literature $2 fast 650 7 $a English literature $x Appreciation $2 fast 650 7 $a Satire, English $2 fast 651 7 $a England $2 fast 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a Literary criticism $2 fast 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Critiques litteraires. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Williams, Abigail. $t Reading it wrong $d Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2023 $z 9780691252346 $w (DLC) 2022055148 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517011306.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D619FBAC141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search