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Don’t Panic: Reading Literature in the Digital Age
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- A Return to the Educated Imagination 3
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Technology, Science, and the Book
- Why I Read War and Peace on a Kindle (and Bought the Book When I Was Done) 13
- Reading in a Digital Age 27
- Solitary Reading in an Age of Compulsory Sharing 42
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Literature and the World (Part One)
- Literature as Virtual Reality 55
- How Molière and Co. Helped Me Get My Students Hooked on Literature 72
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Physical and Philosophical Approaches
- A World without Books? 91
- Language Speaks Us: Sophie’s Tree and the Paradox of Self 109
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Poetic Readings
- The End of Reading 129
- Cold Heaven, Cold Comfort: Should We Read or Teach Literature Now? 140
- Fragments from an Entirely Subjective Story of Reading 156
- A Very Good Chance of Getting Somewhere Else 161
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Literature and the World (Part Two)
- Thinking Deeply in Reading and Writing 175
- Don’t Panic: Reading Literature in the Digital Age 192
- Why Read against the Grain? Confessions of an Addict 207
- About the Authors 223
- Index 229
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- A Return to the Educated Imagination 3
-
Technology, Science, and the Book
- Why I Read War and Peace on a Kindle (and Bought the Book When I Was Done) 13
- Reading in a Digital Age 27
- Solitary Reading in an Age of Compulsory Sharing 42
-
Literature and the World (Part One)
- Literature as Virtual Reality 55
- How Molière and Co. Helped Me Get My Students Hooked on Literature 72
-
Physical and Philosophical Approaches
- A World without Books? 91
- Language Speaks Us: Sophie’s Tree and the Paradox of Self 109
-
Poetic Readings
- The End of Reading 129
- Cold Heaven, Cold Comfort: Should We Read or Teach Literature Now? 140
- Fragments from an Entirely Subjective Story of Reading 156
- A Very Good Chance of Getting Somewhere Else 161
-
Literature and the World (Part Two)
- Thinking Deeply in Reading and Writing 175
- Don’t Panic: Reading Literature in the Digital Age 192
- Why Read against the Grain? Confessions of an Addict 207
- About the Authors 223
- Index 229