Reading The eve of St. Agnes : the multiples of complex literary transaction
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
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1 online resource (xii, 186 pages)
9780195351507, 9780199855209, 0195351509, 019985520X
252663400
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
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