The crafty reader

The crafty reader / Robert Scholes.

This latest book from the well-known literary critic Robert Scholes presents his thoughtful exploration of the craft of reading. He deals with reading not as an art or performance given by a virtuoso reader, but as a craft that can be studied, taught, and learned. Those who master the craft of readi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scholes, Robert, 1929-2016
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism > English-speaking countries.
Literature > Appreciation.
Reader-response criticism.
Books and reading > English-speaking countries.
Literary form.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
Books and reading
Criticism
English literature > Theory, etc.
Literary form
Literature > Appreciation
Reader-response criticism
Letterkunde.
Lezen.
Lezers.
Literaire techniek.
English-speaking countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Reading as a Craft
  • Reading Poetry: A Lost Craft
  • Reading the World: Textual Realities
  • Heavy Reading: The Monstrous Personal Chronicle as a Genre
  • Light Reading: The Private-Eye Novel as a Genre
  • Fantastic Reading: Science Fantasy as a Genre
  • Sacred Reading: A Fundamental Problem
  • Conclusion: A Crafty Reader
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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