Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.
Contents:
The senses of reading -- Good and bad reading in the early United States -- Obscene reading : the senses of reading badly -- Scandalous reading : the intrigues of the new public sensorium -- Prayerful reading : religious affect and the secular public sphere.
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