The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response

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1980
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 252
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 01 Feb 1980
ISBN 10: 0801823714
ISBN 13: 9780801823718

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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. *