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Perverse Attachments : Reading Fiction Around 1800.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eccles, Anastasia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Engagement (Philosophy) in literature.
- English fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This new theory of reader response describes "perverse attachment," or the powerful desire to intervene in a story, even when it is impossible to do so.Fiction has long inspired resistance in its readers: making them, for example, wish for a different plot, cringe at a moment of social discomfort, or itch to warn a character about an approaching.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Eccles, Anastasia Perverse Attachments
- ISBN:
- 9780226847399
- OCLC:
- 1592687516
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