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

A survey of recent books on Reader-Response, broadly defined as any literary theory that investigates the process of reading. This includes not only books by Norman Holland, Stanley Fish, and Wolfgang Iser, long regarded as central figures in the area of Reader-Response, but also discussions of the...

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Published in:Style 1995, Vol.29 (4), p.529
Main Author: Wright, Terence R
Format: Review
Language:English
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Summary:A survey of recent books on Reader-Response, broadly defined as any literary theory that investigates the process of reading. This includes not only books by Norman Holland, Stanley Fish, and Wolfgang Iser, long regarded as central figures in the area of Reader-Response, but also discussions of the contribution to this area made by Jacques Derrida and Mikhail Bakhtin. A widespread literary theory and the dangers of reducing reading to a science, but alternative models that stress the therapeutic, self-enhancing, or playful elements in reading a real so exposed to critical analysis.
ISSN:0039-4238
2374-6629