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

An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature

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ISBN: 9781405188234
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 3 November, 2008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Links Australian Libraries (Trove)
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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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