The Non-Literate Other : Readings of Illiteracy in Twentieth-Century Novels in English (Costerus New Series)

Public debates on the benefits and dangers of mass literacy prompted nineteenth-century British authors to write about illiteracy. This work offers explanations for this lack of interest in illiteracy amongst scholars of literature, and attempts to remedy this neglect. It also explores the scriptlessness of Neanderthals in William Golding.