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Southern Illinois University Press

Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work

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Title: Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work
Author: Louise M Rosenblatt
ISBN: 0809308835
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 216
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:

This important new work brings a fresh and carefully elaborated theory of the literary work of art to the current re­discovery of the reader--that of the concept, based on the transactional point of view, of the two-way process involved in eliciting a literary work of art from a text. Dr. Rosenblatt draws on her long experience as a scholar and teacher of English and Comparative Lit­erature. Amply illustrating her theo­retical points, she provides contrasting interpretations of a number of varied texts, discusses other critical ap­proaches, and makes reference to recent philosophical developments.