| Real Voices: On Reading 1997 Edition Contributor(s): Davis, Philip (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333670027 ISBN-13: 9780333670026 Publisher: MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801 |
| Series: On Reading |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.07 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poets, novelists and critics committed to creative thinking join together in this collection of essays to say what serious reading really means to them as individuals. The collection is divided into four sections: George Steiner and George Craig on the act of reading in general; Joseph Brodsky, Les Murray, Douglas Oliver and Hester Jones on reading, poetry and vision; John Bayley, Philip Davis and Gabriel Josipovici on reading and teaching in the universities; Raymond Tallis, Michael Irwin, Josie Billington and Doris Lessing on reading and the novel. |