The Dark Side of Literacy: Literature and Learning Not to Read A radical critique of the concepts of 'reading' and 'the' reader as they are commonly used in literary criticism. The book sketches in broad terms the historical provenance of 'the' reader, in an argument that includes discussions of Dante Boccaccio, Cervantes, Marlowe and German idealist philosophy. |
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The Dark Side of Literacy: Literature and Learning Not to Read Benjamin Bennett Limited preview - 2008 |