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Contents
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Benjamin Bennett
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
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Part I Theory
- 1. Reading and the Theory of Reading 9
- 2. Poems, Myths, and the Advent of Modern Reading 44
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Part II History
- 3. Dante and the Invention of the Novel Reader 83
- 4. Boccaccio, Cervantes, and the Path to Solitary Reading 141
- 5. Magic and History: The Roots and Branches of Dr. Faustus 185
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Part III Response
- 6. Intransitive Parody and the Trap of Reading: What Reading Really Is 221
- 7. Kleist, Kafka, and the Refutation of Reading 264
- The Parting of the Ways: A Concluding Note on the Novel and Literary Studies 309
- Notes 317
- Index 339
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Theory
- 1. Reading and the Theory of Reading 9
- 2. Poems, Myths, and the Advent of Modern Reading 44
-
Part II History
- 3. Dante and the Invention of the Novel Reader 83
- 4. Boccaccio, Cervantes, and the Path to Solitary Reading 141
- 5. Magic and History: The Roots and Branches of Dr. Faustus 185
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Part III Response
- 6. Intransitive Parody and the Trap of Reading: What Reading Really Is 221
- 7. Kleist, Kafka, and the Refutation of Reading 264
- The Parting of the Ways: A Concluding Note on the Novel and Literary Studies 309
- Notes 317
- Index 339