Reading the Eve of St.Agnes: The Multiples of Complex Literary Transaction

by Jack Stillinger

Using the 180-year history of Keats'sEve of St. Agnes as a basis for theorizing about the reading process, Stillinger's book explores the nature and whereabouts of "meaning" in complex works. A proponent of authorial intent, Stillinger argues a theoretical compromise between author and reader, applying a theory of interpretive democracy that includes the endlessly multifarious reader's response as well as Keats's guessed-at intent. Stillinger also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195130227
• ISBN13: 9780195130225
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"