Becoming a Reader: The Experience of Fiction from Childhood to Adulthood

by J.A. Appleyard

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Becoming a Reader argues that, whatever our individual differences of personality and background, there is a regular sequence of attitudes we go through as we mature, which affect how we experience fiction, from the five-year-old child absorbed in the world of fantasy play, through the seventeen year old critical seeker of the truth, to the middle-aged reader recognizing their own experiences in fictional characters. Becoming a Reader argues that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:052146756X

ISBN13:9780521467568

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Books & Reading Child Psychology Developmental Psychology Education & Reference General Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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