The Practice of Reading: Interpreting the Novel - Couverture souple

Alsop, Derek

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 033368351X ISBN 13 : 9780333683514

Editeur : Palgrave, 1999

Synopsis

The Practice of Reading is a lucid and lively examination of the art of interpreting the novel in the context of recent developments in literary theory and criticism. Believing that reading is - or should be - a pleasurable, creative activity, the authors analyse a range of seven novels from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing upon the experiential dimensions of the reading process. What is the role of the reader? What happens when a novel is read? How far does meaning depend on the reader, and how far on the text? These and other related questions are explored in readings of novels as diverse as Tristram Shandy, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, Daniel Deronda, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Beckett's Trilogy and Possession.

In its insistence upon a return to the practice of close reading, the book represents a timely intervention in current literary debates. An accessible, informative and above all stimulating text for all university and college students of literature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHRIS WALSH is Head of English at University College Chester, UK.; DEREK ALSOP is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 033368351X
• ISBN 13: 9780333683514
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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