Reading and the Body: The Physical Practice of Reading

by Thomas Mc Laughlin

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Throughout the years, literary theory has been dominated by a mind/body dualism, often dismissing the role of the body in reading. Challenging these assumptions, Reading and the Body focuses on reading as a physical practice. In addition to analyzing the role of the eyes, the hands, postures and gestures, bodily habits, and physical spaces in the act of reading, Thomas Mc Laughlin speculates on the implications of this embodiment for the interpretive...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1137541318

ISBN13:9781137541314

Release Date:September 2015

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"

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Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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