440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
438 Pages
by
Routledge
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In a rare fusion of literary sensibility with psychological research, Norman N. Holland brings to light important data showing how personality—in the fullest sense of character development and identity—affects the way in which we read and interpret literature. This book will show that readers respond to literature in terms of their own lifestyle, character, personality, or identity. By such... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Preface, 1. The Question: Who Reads What How?, 2. What? A Rose for Emily, For Example, 3. How? The Experiment, 4. Who? The Five Readers, 5. The Answer: Four Principles of Literary Experience, 6. The Evidence: Sam, Saul, Shep, Sebastian, and Sandra Read Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, 7. The Terms of Subjectivity, 8. From Subjectivity to Collectivity, 9. Knowing, Appendices, Notes, Index
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Clark McPhail
