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Carnal Reading.

The question of an erotic readership has always vexed scholars. With little evidence of anyone's actually reading erotic material, scholars have had to make do with variations of an ""ideal reader"" approach. Insofar as it presupposes authorial intention and a stable meaning...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pappa, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : University of Delaware, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The question of an erotic readership has always vexed scholars. With little evidence of anyone's actually reading erotic material, scholars have had to make do with variations of an ""ideal reader"" approach. Insofar as it presupposes authorial intention and a stable meaning, this theoretical model proves unsatisfactory. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Carnal Reading: Early Modern Language and Bodies proposes a new theory of erotic reading that refigures bodily responses as constitutive of cognitive understanding. In its content and style, erotic writing was perceived to interact physical.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (221 pages)
ISBN:9781611490053
1611490057