Description |
1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) |
Contents |
ONE: Introduction: The Literary Transaction; TWO: The Starting Materials: Texts and Circumstances; THREE: The Multiple Readings; FOUR: Why There Are So Many Meanings (I): Complex Readership; FIVE: Why There Are So Many Meanings (II): Complex Authorship; SIX: Conclusion: Keats "among the English Poets"; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Using the 180-year history of Keats'sEve of St. Agnes as a basis for theorizing about the reading process, Stillinger's book explores the nature and whereabouts of "meaning" in complex works. A proponent of authorial intent, Stillinger argues a theoretical compromise between author and reader, applying a theory of interpretive democracy that includes the endlessly multifarious reader's response as well as Keats's guessed-at intent. Stillinger also considers the process of constructing meaning, and posits an answer to why Keats's work is considered canonical, and why it is still being |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Keats, John, 1795-1821. Eve of St. Agnes.
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SUBJECT |
Keats, John, 1795-1821. Eve of St. Agnes. gnd |
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Keats, John. Eve of St. Agnes. swd |
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Eve of St. Agnes (Keats, John) fast |
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Authors and readers.
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Canon (Literature)
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Authors and readers
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Canon (Literature)
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Literature -- Theory, etc.
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Interpretation
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Methode
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The eve of St. Agnes (Keats)
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780195351507 |
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0195351509 |
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9780199855209 |
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019985520X |
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