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The (Im)materialities of the Reading Space: The Story of Holly and Ivy
- Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 49, 2021
- pp. 218-240
- 10.1353/chl.2021.0012
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Abstract:
A reading space opens when a reader meets a text. It is shaped by both material and immaterial elements. This article explores this concept through the example of Rumer Godden's The Story of Holly and Ivy, via investigating the reading space first opened by the author at age 9.