The Deed of Reading: Literature * Writing * Language * Philosophy
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Garrett Stewart begins The Deed of Reading with a memory of his first hesitant confrontation, as a teenager, with poetic density. In that early verbal challenge he finds one driving force of literature: to make language young again in its surprise, coming alive in each new event of reading. But what exactly happens in the textual encounter to make literary phrasing resonate so deeply with readers? To take the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801454212
ISBN13:9780801454219
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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