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Reading The eve of St. Agnes : the multiples of complex literary transaction / Jack Stillinger.
LIBRA PR4834.E83 S75 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stillinger, Jack.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keats, John, 1795-1821. Eve of St. Agnes.
- Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Literature.
- Authors and readers.
- Canon (Literature).
- Local Subjects:
- Keats, John, 1795-1821. Eve of St. Agnes.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 186 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Using the 180-year history of Keats's Eve of St.Agnes as a basis for theorizing about the reading process, Stillinger's book explores the nature and whereabouts of "meaning" in complex works. A proponent of authorial intent, Stillinger argues a theoretical compromise between author and reader, applying a theory of interpretive democracy that includes the endlessly multifarious reader's response as well as Keats's guessed-at intent. Stillinger also considers the process of constructing meaning, and posits an answer to why Keats's work is considered canonical, and why it is still being read and admired.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195130227
- OCLC:
- 39985637
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