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Flaubert and his Parrot On Reading
Traditionally, reader response theory focuses on abstract or generic readers and tends to brush over some of the more human elements of reading. This includes the reader’s relationship to the au… more →
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Flaubert and his Parrot On Reading
legendumst wrote 9 months ago: Traditionally, reader response theory focuses on abstract or generic readers and tends to brush over … more →
William Hazlitt, On Reading Old Books
legendumst wrote 10 months ago: “I have more confidence in the dead than the living”, writes William Hazlitt (1778-1830) … more →
Appreciating Fiction
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legendumst wrote 1 year ago: Dan Green critizes Nigel Beale’s seeming stance on the role of fiction, manifest in Nigel … more →
Imagination and the Reading Memory
legendumst wrote 1 year ago: Each time I talk to friends about books, watch critics discuss books on television, or read a book r … more →
Reading Experiences
legendumst wrote 1 year ago: A recent post at OnFiction presents a study claiming that certain readers and writers experience cha … more →
Definitions of the Common Reader
legendumst wrote 1 year ago: Some scattered thoughts on the notion of the common reader. We can approach the definition of … more →
