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The Pleasure in/of the Text: About the Joys and Perversities of Reading - European Connections New edition
The Pleasure in/of the Text: About the Joys and Perversities of Reading - European Connections New edition
Why do we read? What exactly thrills us in the text? Drawing on the work of Roland Barthes, this collection explores the notion of readerly enjoyment, between form and content, emotion and reason, and escapism and knowledge seeking, to understand how literary and ideological pleasures intersect.
170 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 24, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781789977004 |
Publishers | Peter Lang International Academic Publis |
Pages | 170 |
Dimensions | 230 × 151 × 15 mm · 268 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Arribert-Narce, Fabien |
Editor | Endo, Fuhito |
Editor | Pawlikowska, Kamila |