02652nam 2200625 a 450 991046439770332120200520144314.00-8232-4100-90-8232-4766-X(CKB)3450000000003225(EBL)3239671(SSID)ssj0000550845(PQKBManifestationID)11355082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550845(PQKBWorkID)10509752(PQKB)10761535(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035332(MiAaPQ)EBC3239671(OCoLC)801843079(MdBmJHUP)muse14991(Au-PeEL)EBL3239671(CaPaEBR)ebr10586729(OCoLC)923763846(EXLCZ)99345000000000322520080604d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dark side of literacy[electronic resource] literature and learning not to read /Benjamin Bennett1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20081 online resource (358 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8232-2916-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.European literatureHistory and criticismLiterature, ModernHistory and criticismBooks and readingElectronic books.European literatureHistory and criticism.Literature, ModernHistory and criticism.Books and reading.809Bennett Benjamin1939-245417MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464397703321The dark side of literacy2291334UNINA