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249 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780814207598
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
How does what we know shape the ways we read? Starting from the premise that any productive theory of narrative must take into account the presuppositions the reader brings to the text, Before Reading explores how our prior knowledge of literary c...
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249 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780814207598
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
How does what we know shape the ways we read? Starting from the premise that any productive theory of narrative must take into account the presuppositions the reader brings to the text, Before Reading explores how our prior knowledge of literary c...