Readers and Reading Paperback / softback
by Andrew (University of Bristol, UK) Bennett
Part of the Longman Critical Readers series
Paperback / softback
Description
Much literary criticism focuses on literary producers and their products, but an important part of such work considers the end-user, the reader.
It asks such questions as: how far can the author condition the response of the reader, and how much does the reader create the meaning of a text?
Dr Bennett's collection includes important essays from such writers and critics as Wolfgang Iser, Mary Jacobus, Roger Chartier, Michel de Certeau, Shoshana Felman, Maurice Blanchot, Paul de Man and Yves Bonnefoy.
It looks in turn at deconstructionist, feminist, new historicist and psychoanalytical response to the school.
The book then considers the act of reading itself, discussing such issues as the uniqueness of any reading and the difficulties involved in its analysis.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:17/04/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780582212909
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:17/04/1995
- Category:
- ISBN:9780582212909
