The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature

by Peter Kivy

Book Overview

The Performance of Reading argues that there are distinct analogies between "silent" reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer. An original and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405146923
• ISBN13: 9781405146920
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"