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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810251303321

Autore

Sell Roger D

Titolo

Communicational criticism : studies in literature as dialogue / / Roger D. Sell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-23442-4

9786613234421

90-272-8486-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Collana

Dialogue studies (DS), , 1875-1792 ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Criticism

Literature - History and criticism

Pragmatics

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

Communicational Criticism; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; 1. Introduction: Communicational criticism; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Further developing the line of argument put forward in his Literature as Communication (2000) and Mediating Criticism (2001), Roger D. Sell now suggests that when so-called literary texts stand the test of time and appeal to a large and heterogeneous circle of admirers, this is because they are genuinely dialogical in spirit. Their writers, rather than telling other people what to do or think or feel, invite them to compare notes, and about topics which take on different nuances as seen from different points of view. So while such texts obviously reflect the taste and values of t