Reading words into worlds: phenomenological mimesis of givenness in the novel
Auteur :
McReynolds, J. Clayton
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032635439
Date de publication :
26 déc. 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Reading Words into Worlds asks: how can reading a novel make us feel as if we are living in a world? The book argues that novels can give themselves to a reader in ways that mimetically resemble the givenness of beings in extra-textual reality. This theory is then grounded in close readings of four British realist novels.