The Act of Reading
A Theory of Aesthetic Response
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Published:1st Feb '80
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Iser examines what happens during the reading process, and how it is basic to the development of a theory of aesthetic response, setting in motion a chain of events that depends both on the text and the exercise of certain human faculties.
A splendid theoretical companion to Iser's The Implied Reader. The earlier book drew much attention for its reader-centered practical criticism of narrative fiction from Bunyan on. The new volume explains Iser's phenomenological technique... This book belongs in every serious, up-to-date literature collection. Library Journal.
ISBN: 9780801823718
Dimensions: 229mm x 130mm x 14mm
Weight: 408g
224 pages