The students in my “Theories of the Reader ” course found the theorists we read affirming.
Tag Archives: Wayne Booth
A Lit Theory that Affirms Readers
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Books as Friends, Good but also Bad
Theorist Wayne Booth compares the impact that books have on us to that of friends. Some friends have a good influence, some not.
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Can Poetry Be Bad for You?
The possibility that poetry can have a deleterious effect on one (the poetry of Scott and Byron anyway) is a possibility that Austen brings up in “Persuasion.”
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The Classics, Guides to Our Best Selves
Wayne Booth describes the classics as friends in the deepest and most productive sense of the word.
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