Readers for Life
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-949-4 (ISBN)
Readers for Life is a collection of essays, in the main specially commissioned, by fiction authors and literary scholars, who reflect on their child or adolescent memories of reading. The essays explore how the act of reading shapes an individual, from their formative years into adulthood and beyond. Instead of focusing on reading as an act of escapism, or mere literacy, these writings celebrate reading as a lifelong, joyful experience that intertwines past and present. By revealing our diverse reading histories, the collection fosters awareness of the profound impact of reading on a person's development and offers readers insights that will enrich their own literary experiences.
Introduction by Sander L. Gilman and Heta Pyrhoenen, with essays by Natalya Bekhta, Peter Brooks, Philip Davis, Linda and Michael Hutcheon, Sander L. Gilman, Daniel Mendelsohn, Laura Otis, Laura Oulanne, Heta Pyrhoenen, Michael Rosen, Salman Rushdie, Cristina Sandu, Pajtim Statovci and Maria Tatar.
Sander L. Gilman is distinguished professor emeritus of the Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as emeritus professor of psychiatry at Emory University. A cultural and literary historian, he is the author or editor of more than one hundred books, including Stand Up Straight! A History of Posture, also published by Reaktion Books. Heta Pyrh nen is professor of comparative literature at the University of Helsinki. She is the author or editor of many books, including Reading Today.
Setting the Scene Sander Gilman and Heta Pyrhoenen
1 Ask Yourself Which Are the Books You Love Salman Rushdie
2 Portable Magic Maria Tatar
3 The Dream of an Intenser Experience Peter Brooks
4 Reading a deux Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon
5 A Life in Literature Philip Davis
6 Reading (in) my Father's Shadow Heta Pyrhoenen
7 Reading in Times of War Natalya Bekhta
8 Reading as a Rambunctious Boy-Girl Laura Otis
9 Figuring Stories, and Jumping Off the Page Pajtim Statovci
10 Reading from the Spine Laura Oulanne
11 The American Boy Daniel Mendelsohn
12 A Typewriter's Travels Cristina Sandu
13 What Did the Bear Think? A Chat with Michael Rosen
14 Words After Sander Gilman
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.09.2024 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-949-5 / 1789149495 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-949-4 / 9781789149494 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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