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The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work
Louise M. Rosenblatt
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Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Louise M. Rosenblatt’s award-winning work continues increasingly to be read in a wide range of academic fields―literary criticism, reading theory, aesthetics, composition, rhetoric, speech communication, and education. Her view of the reading transaction as a unique event involving reader and text at a particular time under particular circumstances rules out the dualistic emphasis of other theories on either the reader or the text as separate and static entities. The transactional concept accounts for the importance of factors such as gender, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic context. Essential reading for the specialist, this book is also well suited for courses in criticism, ... Read more
Louise M. Rosenblatt’s award-winning work continues increasingly to be read in a wide range of academic fields―literary criticism, reading theory, aesthetics, composition, rhetoric, speech communication, and education. Her view of the reading transaction as a unique event involving reader and text at a particular time under particular circumstances rules out the dualistic emphasis of other theories on either the reader or the text as separate and static entities. The transactional concept accounts for the importance of factors such as gender, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic context. Essential reading for the specialist, this book is also well suited for courses in criticism, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809318056
SKU
V9780809318056
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About Louise M. Rosenblatt
Louise M. Rosenblatt is a professor emerita of New York University. A graduate of Barnard College, where she taught for some years, she received a doctorate in comparative literature from the Sorbonne. Some of the awards she has received are the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Great Teacher Award from New York University, the Russell Award for Distinguished Research from the ... Read more
Reviews for The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work
The Reader, the Text, the Poem is a major contribution to literary and critical theory. It should be read, reread, and reflected on by anyone involved with the activity of reading."―Alan M. Hollingsworth, College English "This book should be studied by everybody interested in teaching, in the fate of literary works in the classroom, and in the welfare of ... Read more