The dark side of literacy : literature and learning not to read / Benjamin Bennett.

Author/creator Bennett, Benjamin, 1939-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Descriptionix, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Reading and the theory of reading -- Poems, myths, and the advent of modern reading -- Dante and the invention of the novel reader -- Boccaccio, Cervantes, and the path to solitary reading -- Magic and history : the roots and branches of Dr. Faustus -- Intransitive parody and the trap of reading : what reading really is -- Kleist, Kafka, and the refutation of reading -- The parting of the ways : a concluding note on the novel and literary studies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 317-338) and index.
LCCN 2008022285
ISBN9780823229161 (alk. paper)
ISBN0823229165 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PN 701 .B46 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold