Reading Through the Night

by Jane Tompkins

Book Overview

Jane Tompkins, a renowned literature professor and award-winning author, thought she knew what reading was until, struck by a debilitating illness, she finds herself reading day and night because it is all she can do. A lifelong lover of books, she realizes for the first time that if you pay close attention to your reactions as you read, literature can become a path of self-discovery.

Tompkins's inner journey begins when she becomes captivated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813941598
• ISBN13: 9780813941592
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher