The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature

English

Series: New Directions in Aesthetics Ser.

Volume: Vol. 3

ISBN: 0470777281

EAN: 9780470777282

Category: Performing Arts / General/Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading/

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release Date: 12/20/2007

Synopsis: The Performance of Reading argues that there are distinct analogies between "silent" reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer.

• An original and insightful exploration of the act of reading by the leading scholar in the field.
  
• Discusses the history of reading and the transitions from reading aloud to reading silently, and the changing role of literature as communal, active experience to a more private endeavor.

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The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature

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Format: eBook - PDF

Pages: 176