The reader, the text, the poem : the transactional theory of the literary work / Louise M. Rosenblatt ; with a new preface and epilogue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenblatt, Louise M. (Louise Michelle), 1904-2005, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Reader-response criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1994]

Summary:

"Louise M. Rosenblatt's award-winning work continues increasingly to be read in a wide range of academic fields--literary criticism, reading theory, aesthetics, composition, rhetoric, speech communication, and education. Her view of the reading transaction as a unique event involving reader and text at a particular time under particular circumstances rules out the dualistic emphasis of other theories on either the reader or the text as separate and static entities. The transactional concept accounts for the importance of factors such as gender, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic context. Essential reading for the specialist, this book is also well suited for courses in criticism, critical theory, rhetoric, and aesthetics." -- provided by ProQuest

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-585-11171-5

0-8093-8063-3

OCLC:

967528761