The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work

By Louise M. Rosenblatt and Professor Emeritus Louise M. Rosenblatt

Book Overview

This important new work brings a fresh and carefully elaborated theory of the literary work of art to the current re­discovery of the reader--that of the concept, based on the transactional point of view, of the two-way process involved in eliciting a literary work of art from a text. Dr. Rosenblatt draws on her long experience as a scholar and teacher of English and Comparative Lit­erature. Amply illustrating her theo­retical points, she provides contrasting interpretations of a number of varied texts, discusses other critical ap­proaches, and makes reference to recent philosophical developments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809308835
• ISBN13: 9780809308835
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.8" x 5.9"