Readers and Reading

by Andrew Bennett

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00DJYTQ5O
• ISBN13: 9780582212909
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"