LEADER 03980nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910822689403321 005 20230607221925.0 010 $a1-281-72920-5 010 $a9786611729202 010 $a0-300-12887-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128871 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471936 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131740 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148810 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131740 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10027462 035 $a(PQKB)11507093 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419971 035 $a(DE-B1597)484799 035 $a(OCoLC)952732376 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128871 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419971 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10169997 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172920 035 $a(OCoLC)923588962 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471936 100 $a20001222d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe crafty reader$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert Scholes 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09015-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tReading Poetry --$tReading the World --$tHeavy Reading --$tLight Reading --$tFantastic Reading --$tSacred Reading --$tConclusion --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $a"I believe that it is in our interest as individuals to become crafty readers, and in the interest of the nation to educate citizens in the craft of reading. The craft, not the art. . . . This book is about that craft."-from the Introduction. This latest book from the well-known literary critic Robert Scholes presents his thoughtful exploration of the craft of reading. He deals with reading not as an art or performance given by a virtuoso reader, but as a craft that can be studied, taught, and learned. Those who master the craft of reading, Scholes contends, will justifiably take responsibility for the readings they produce and the texts they choose to read. Scholes begins with a critique of the New Critical way of reading ("bad for poets and poetry and really terrible for students and teachers of poetry"), using examples of poems by various writers, in particular Edna St. Vincent Millay. He concludes with a consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of the fundamentalist way of reading texts regarded as sacred. To explain and clarify the approach of the crafty reader, the author analyzes a wide-ranging selection of texts by figures at the margins of the literary and cultural canon, including Norman Rockwell, Anaïs Nin, Dashiell Hammett, and J. K. Rowling. Throughout his discussion Scholes emphasizes how concepts of genre affect the reading process and how they may work to exclude certain texts from the cultural canon and curriculum. 606 $aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aCriticism$zEnglish-speaking countries 606 $aLiterature$xAppreciation 606 $aReader-response criticism 606 $aBooks and reading$zEnglish-speaking countries 606 $aLiterary form 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aCriticism 615 0$aLiterature$xAppreciation. 615 0$aReader-response criticism. 615 0$aBooks and reading 615 0$aLiterary form. 676 $a028 700 $aScholes$b Robert$f1929-2016.$0154793 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822689403321 996 $aThe crafty reader$94114403 997 $aUNINA