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Ethics through Literature : Ascetic and Aesthetic Reading in Western Culture /

"Why do we read? Based on a series of lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel in 2005, Brian Stock presents a model for relating ascetic and aesthetic principles in Western reading practices. Tracing the ascetic component of reading from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stock, Brian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hanover : University Press of New England, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The reader's dilemma
  • The ascetic reader
  • The aesthetic reader.