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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457642403321

Autore

Vincent Michael

Titolo

Figures of the text [[electronic resource] ] : reading and writing (in) La Fontaine / / Michael Vincent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 1992

ISBN

1-283-35855-7

9786613358554

90-272-7733-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, , 0165-8743 ; ; v. 39

Disciplina

841/.4

Soggetti

Books and reading in literature

Reader-response criticism

Authorship in literature

Intertextuality

Allegory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FIGURESOF THE TEXT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Note on Editions and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. ""Hiéroglyphes tout purs"": Representations of Writing; 2. Book, Brain, Body: Citation and the Scene of Reading; 3. Bodies and Souls: The Intertextual Corpus; 4. Making the Difference: Textuality and Sexuality; 5. Inscribing the Voice: Oral Performance and the Written Text; 6. Description, Representation, and Interpretation; 7. Reading (through) the Veil; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The works of Jean de La Fontaine have invited an extraordinary variety of readings in the three centuries since their composition. By engaging selected fables and tales with contemporary notions of intertextuality, reader reception theory, and grammatology, Figures of the Text raises questions about what "reading La Fontaine" meant in the 17th century, and what it means today. The study integrates a theory of reading and



a theory of textual production by drawing attention to those aspects of the text that figure writing and reading, for instance: scenes of reading; other modes of writin