Overview

Since the 1980s, Roger D Sell's literary criticism has striven to take account of the (often conflicting) approaches available without compromising the human importance of the literary work: either in terms of its creation or its reception. This book both responds to Sell's ideas and demonstrates the multifaceted potential of his work.

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Author:   Jason Finch (Åbo Akademi University) ,  Martin Gill (Åbo Akademi University) ,  Anthony Johnson (University of Oulu) ,  Iris Lindahl-Raittila (Åbo Akademi University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   190
Weight:   0.475kg
ISBN:  

9789027254344

ISBN 10:   9027254346
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   10 December 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Tabula gratulatoria; 2. Contributors; 3. Introduction (by Johnson, Anthony W.); 4. This verse marks that : The Bible, editors, and Early Modern English texts (by Wilcox, Helen); 5. Humanized intertexts: An iconospheric approach to Ben Jonson's comedy, The Case is Altered (1598) (by Johnson, Anthony W.); 6. Appearance and reality in Jane Austen's Persuasion (by Lurcock, Tony); 7. Green flowers and golden eyes: Balzac, Decadence and Wilde's Salome (by Spanberg, Sven-Johan); 8. When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean : Power and (mis)communication in literature for young readers (by Nikolajeva, Maria); 9. Place and communicative personae: How Forster has changed Stevenage since the 1940s (by Finch, Jason); 10. Tony Harrison and the rhetorics of reality: A re-evaluation of v (by Bex, Tony); 11. Truthful (hi)stories in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost (by Kokkola, Lydia); 12. Pragmatic Penelope or timeless tales for the times (by Florby, Gunilla); 13. Three fallacies in interpreting literature (by Pettersson, Bo); 14. Index

Reviews

Human Readings provides a useful introduction to Roger D. Sell's oeuvre, with both critical and laudatory responses to his work. The volume is particularly to be praised for the tightness of its conception. Rather than attempting to offer an overview of all varieties of literary pragmatics and linguistic approaches to literature, in the form of its ten essays and an introduction, it proffers a considered and appreciative response to the work of the scholar it honours. -- Greta Olson, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, in Journal of Historical Pragmatics, Vol. 14:1 (2013).

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