The pleasures of reading : in an ideological age : with a new preface
“A book that ought to be placed in the hands of any person who shows the slightest interest in serious reading or in hearing a good, practical defense of high culture.” —Wall Street Journal
Print Book, English, 1996
W.W. Norton, New York, 1996
Criticism, interpretation, etc
250 pages ; 21 cm
9780393314991, 0393314995
1113768014
Introduction: The disappearance of reading
The difference of literature
Character and the connection with reality
Style
Allusion
Structure
Perspective
Multiple readings and the bog of indeterminacy
Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1989
Includes index