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by Wolfgang Iser

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Iser examines what happens during the reading process, and how it is basic to the development of a theory of aesthetic response, setting in motion a chain of events that depends both on the text and the exercise of certain human faculties.

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  • Title The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response
  • Author Wolfgang Iser
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 4th Printing
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1980-02-19
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801823718 / 0801823714
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.69 in (22.91 x 15.19 x 1.75 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Reader-response criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 78058296
  • Dewey Decimal Code 001.543

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Wolfgang Iser, who has taught at leading universities in the United States and Europe, is currently professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Constance.

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