The Full-Knowing Reader: Allusion and the Power of the Reader in the Western Literary Tradition

by Joseph Pucci

Literary allusions abound in Western literature, and those who study them tend to focus on the author's intentions to demonstrate erudition, embellish meaning, or exert control over tradition. In this original and illuminating book--the first full-scale consideration of literary allusion in any language--Joseph Pucci contends that the key to grasping the meaning of an allusive text is in the hands of the "full-knowing" reader. Pucci shows how allusion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300194668
• ISBN13: 9780300194661
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"