Stepping Forward: Essays, Lectures and Interviews - Couverture rigide

ISER, WOLFGANG

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 186171386X ISBN 13 : 9781861713865

Editeur : Crescent Moon Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

WOLFGANG ISER: STEPPING FORWARD Wolfgang Iser's books include The Implied Reader (1974), The Act of Reading (1978), Prospecting (1989) and The Fictive and the Imaginary (1993). He has written books on Laurence Sterne (1988) and Walter Pater (1987). He was Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Constance in Germany.

This book of lectures, essays and interviews includes pieces on Wolfgang Iser's work in reader-response theory, the literary text, British culture, and Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones. The interviews contain many insights into the nature of reading, one of Iser's key areas of research.

Includes bibliography and notes. ISBN 9781861713865.

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Stepping Forward: Essays, Lectures and Interviews by Wolfgang Iser New, unpublished pieces by Wolfgang Iser on reader theory; the novel Tom Jones; fictionalizing; and cultural studies, among others. Wolfgang Iser is a leading exponent of 'reception theory'. Wolfgang Iser's books include The Implied Reader (1974), The Act of Reading (1978), Prospecting (1989) and The Fictive and the Imaginary (1993). He has written books on Laurence Sterne (1988) and Walter Pater (1987). He is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Constance in Germany. EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER ONE If a literary text does something to its readers, it also simultaneously tells us something about them. Thus literature turns into a divining rod, locating our dispositions, inclinations, and eventually our overall makeup. The question arises as to why we may need this particular medium, in view of the fact that literature as a medium is put on a par with other media, and the ever-increasing role that these play in our civilization shows the degree to which literature has lost its significance as the epitome of culture. The more comprehensively a medium fulfils its sociocultural function, the more it is taken for granted, as literature once used to be. It did indeed fulfil several such functions, ranging from entertainment through information and documentation to pastime, but these have now been distributed among many independent institutions that not only compete fiercely with literature but also deprive it of its formerly all-encompassing function. Does literature still have anything to offer that the competing media are unable to provide? Bibliography and notes. 100pp. ISBN 9781861711687. www.crmoon.com

Biographie de l'auteur

Wolfgang Iser is a leading exponent of 'reception theory'. Wolfgang Iser's books include The Implied Reader (1974), The Act of Reading (1978), Prospecting (1989) and The Fictive and the Imaginary (1993). He has written books on Laurence Sterne (1988) and Walter Pater (1987). He is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Constance in Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Crescent Moon Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 186171386X
• ISBN 13: 9781861713865
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible