Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN 83 .J36 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5070184 |
PN 81 .S223 1983 The world, the text, and the critic / | PN 81 .S 223 2017 Arabic al'alam wa-al-naṣṣ wa-al-nāqid / | PN 81 .T97 2006 Critical theory today : a user-friendly guide / | PN 83 .J36 2011 The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction / | PN 85 .L37 1933 For continuity / | PN 86 .A23 1960 Principles of literary criticism / | PN 86 .L555 2006 Literary theory and criticism : an Oxford guide / |
Includes bibliographical references.
The author argues that reading is alive and well in America. Millions of devoted readers support hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices.
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