Book Title
Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of Interpretation
Type of Work
Book
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Publication Date
1987
Publisher
Cornell University Press
City
Ithaca, NY, USA
ISBN
0801420105
Abstract
How does what we know shape the ways we read? Starting from the premise that any productive theory of narrative must take into account the presuppositions the reader brings to the text, Before Reading explores how our prior knowledge of literary conventions influences the processes of interpretation and evaluation. Available again with a new preface by James Phelan, Before Reading offers a valuable and coherent framework for approaching the study of narrative.
Hamilton Areas of Study
Literature and Creative Writing
Notes
Reprinted Ohio State University Press, 1998; electronic edition Ohio State University Press, 2007