The Stuff of Literature: Physical Aspects of Texts and Their Relation to Literary Meaning

by Edward A. Levenston

The total meaning of a work of literature derives not only from what the words mean, but from what the text looks like. This stuff of literature, graphic substance or the physical raw material, is explored here in Levenston's comprehensive survey.

Levenston discusses the main literary genres of poetry, drama, and fiction, and the extent to which they may be said to exist primarily in written or spoken form, or both. He then examines spelling,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791408892
• ISBN13: 9780791408896
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 177 Pages