The Future of Reading

ISBN-13: 9781138319523 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 180 str.

Eric Purchase

Opis

In a truly engaging and accessible style, The Future of Reading looks at the very experience of reading. Rather than analysing or critiquing texts, it examines what happens to us when we read.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. The Freedom of a Reader  Part I: The Experience of Reading  Chapter 2. Reading as a Dream  Chapter 3. The Psychology of Readers  Chapter 4. Committing to the Text  Chapter 5. The Archetypes of Meaning  Part II: Ways of Reading  Chapter 6. Intimacy with Books  Chapter 7. Consulting Oracles  Chapter 8. Translation  Part III: The Functions of Reading  Chapter 9. The World  Chapter 10. The Unknown  Chapter 11. Reading in the Digital Age

O autorze

Eric Purchase earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Connecticut, USA. He taught writing and literature there, and at other universities, for 12 years. He now works as a professional writer and an independent scholar.