Joseph Conrad and the Reader: Questioning Modern Theories of Narrative and Readership

Joseph Conrad and the Reader: Questioning Modern Theories of Narrative and Readership
ISBN-10
0230250831
ISBN-13
9780230250833
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
233
Language
English
Published
2009-10-21
Publisher
Springer
Author
A. Acheraïou

Description

Joseph Conrad and the Reader is the first book fully devoted to Conrad's relation to the reader, visual theory and authorship. This challenging study proposes new approaches to modern literary criticism and deftly examines the limits of deconstructionist theories, introducing groundbreaking new theoretical concepts of reading and reception.

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