The Gist of Reading

by Andrew Elfenbein

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What happens to books as they live in our long-term memory? Why do we find some books entertaining and others not? And how does literary influence work on writers in different ways? Grounded in the findings of empirical psychology, this book amends classic reader-response theory and attends to neglected aspects of reading that cannot be explained by traditional literary criticism.

Reading arises from a combination of two kinds of mental...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1503603857

ISBN13:9781503603851

Release Date:January 2018

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Psychology

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