Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age

From one of our premier literary scholars, here is a learned and witty introduction to the "sheer vitality of literature and the satisfactions of a close, informed engagement with it" ("New York Times"). Robert Alter's illumination of the unique power of reading literature is especially valuable at a time when we are surrounded by electronic texts that distract more than engage and when the special claims of literature are disparaged by the high priests of literary theory. --Back cover. Robert Alter explores the power and beauty of reading. With examples from the Bible, Shakespeare, Nabokov, Dickens, Wolfe, and more, he demonstrates the primacy of the reading experience.

Yayınevi

W. W. Norton & Company

Yayın tarihi

1 Haziran 1990

Sayfa sayısı

260

Dil

İngilizce

ISBN

9780393314991 · 0393314995

Konular

Reading, New York Times reviewed, Books and reading, Canon (Literature), Literature, History and criticism, Theory