Reading The Eve of St.Agnes: The Multiples of Complex Literary Transaction
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- Jack Stillinger
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Criticism & Theory
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780195130225
- ISBN-10
- 0195130227
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Reading The Eve of St.Agnes: The Multiples of Complex Literary Transaction
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ISBN: 0195130227
Author: Stillinger, Jack
Condition: New
Using the 180-year history of Keats'sEve of St. Agnes as a basis for theorizing about the reading process, Stillinger's book explores the nature and whereabouts of "meaning" in complex works. A proponent of authorial intent, Stillinger argues a theoretical compromise between author and reader, applying a theory of interpretive democracy that includes the endlessly multifarious reader's response as well as Keats's guessed-at intent. Stillinger also considers the process of constructing meaning, and posits an answer to why Keats's work is considered canonical, and why it is still being read and admired.
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