You are what you read : a practical guide to reading well / Robert DiYanni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiYanni, Robert, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading.

Literature--Appreciation.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

How you can enrich your life by becoming a more skillful and engaged reader of literature We are what we read, according to Robert DiYanni. Reading may delight us or move us; we may read for instruction or inspiration. But more than this, in reading we discover ourselves. We gain access to the lives of others, explore the limitless possibilities of human existence, develop our understanding of the world around us, and find respite from the hectic demands of everyday life. In You Are What You Read, DiYanni provides a practical guide that shows how we can increase the benefits and pleasures of literature by becoming more skillful and engaged readers. DiYanni suggests that we attend first to what authors say and the way in which they say it, rather than rushing to decide what they mean. He considers the various forms of literature, from the essay to the novel, the short story to the poem, demonstrating rewarding approaches to each in sample readings of classic works. Through a series of illuminating oppositions, he explores the paradoxical pleasures of reading: solitary versus social reading, submitting to or resisting the author, reading inwardly or outwardly, and more. DiYanni closes with nine recommended reading practices, thoughts on the different experiences of print and digital reading, and advice on what to read and why. Written in a clear, inviting, and natural style, You Are What You Read is an essential guide for all who want to enrich their reading--and their life.

Contents:

Part One. Approaches

Reading & Questioning: What Texts Say and Suggest; What They Show and Do

and How

Reading for the Truth: Experiencing, Interpreting, and Evaluating What and How We Read

Part Two. Applications

Reading Nonfiction: Essays, Ideas and the Pleasures of Conversation

Reading Fiction: Laboratories for the Creation of the Self

Part Three. Uses

Paradoxical Pleasures of Reading: Dialectical Energies

Reading for Your Life: How Reading Is Intertwined With Living

Coda. 9 Recommended Reading Practices

Appendix A. Print & Digital Reading

Appendix B. What to Read & Why.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: DiYanni, Robert. You are what you read

ISBN:

9780691216607

0691216606

Publisher Number:

99987453558

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.