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The Pleasure Of The Text

The Pleasure Of The Text

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What is it that we do when we enjoy a text? What is the pleasure of reading? The French critic and theorist Roland Barthes's answers to these questions constitute "perhaps for the first time in the history of criticism . . . not only a poetics of reading . . . but a much more difficult achievement, an erotics of reading . . . . Like filings which gather to form a figure in a magnetic field, the parts and pieces here do come together, determined to affirm the pleasure we must take in our reading as against the indifference of (mere) knowledge." --Richard Howard

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ISBN13: 9780809013807
ISBN10: 0809013800
Language: English
Publisher: Hill And Wang
Publication Year: 1987
Format: Paperback

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    Explores the sensual pleasure of reading beautifully.

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    If you're curious about the deeper, almost intimate experience of reading, this book offers a poetic dive into what makes reading pleasurable. Barthes invites you to see reading as an erotic act, turning the process into something sensual and alive. It's a fascinating read that might just change how you feel about your favorite books.

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