The Resource The crafty reader, Robert Scholes
The crafty reader, Robert Scholes
Resource Information
The item The crafty reader, Robert Scholes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The crafty reader, Robert Scholes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This latest book from the well-known literary critic Robert Scholes presents his thoughtful exploration of the craft of reading. He deals with reading not as an art or performance given by a virtuoso reader, but as a craft that can be studied, taught, and learned. Those who master the craft of reading, Scholes contends, will justifiably take responsibility for the readings they produce and the texts they choose to read. Scholes begins with a critique of the New Critical way of reading ("bad for poets and poetry and really terrible for students and teachers of poetry"), using examples of poems by various writers, in particular Edna St. Vincent Millay. He concludes with a consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of the fundamentalist way of reading texts regarded as sacred. To explain and clarify the approach of the crafty reader, the author analyses a wide-ranging selection of texts by figures at the margins of the literary and cultural canon, including Norman Rockwell, Anais Nin, Dashiell Hammett, and J.K. Rowling. Throughout his discussion Scholes emphasises how concepts of genre affect the reading process and how they may work to exclude certain texts from the cultural canon and curriculum
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages)
- Contents
-
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Reading as a Craft
- Reading Poetry: A Lost Craft
- Reading the World: Textual Realities
- Heavy Reading: The Monstrous Personal Chronicle as a Genre
- Light Reading: The Private-Eye Novel as a Genre
- Fantastic Reading: Science Fantasy as a Genre
- Sacred Reading: A Fundamental Problem
- Conclusion: A Crafty Reader
- Works Cited
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781281729200
- Label
- The crafty reader
- Title
- The crafty reader
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Scholes
- Subject
-
- American literature -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries
- Criticism
- Criticism -- English-speaking countries
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Critique -- Pays anglophones
- Electronic books
- English literature -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- English literature -- Theory, etc
- English-speaking countries
- Esthétique de la réception
- Genres littéraires
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading
- Letterkunde
- Lezers
- Literaire techniek
- Literary form
- Literary form
- Literature -- Appreciation
- Literature -- Appreciation
- Littérature -- Appréciation
- Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
- Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
- Livres et lecture -- Pays anglophones
- Reader-response criticism
- Reader-response criticism
- Lezen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This latest book from the well-known literary critic Robert Scholes presents his thoughtful exploration of the craft of reading. He deals with reading not as an art or performance given by a virtuoso reader, but as a craft that can be studied, taught, and learned. Those who master the craft of reading, Scholes contends, will justifiably take responsibility for the readings they produce and the texts they choose to read. Scholes begins with a critique of the New Critical way of reading ("bad for poets and poetry and really terrible for students and teachers of poetry"), using examples of poems by various writers, in particular Edna St. Vincent Millay. He concludes with a consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of the fundamentalist way of reading texts regarded as sacred. To explain and clarify the approach of the crafty reader, the author analyses a wide-ranging selection of texts by figures at the margins of the literary and cultural canon, including Norman Rockwell, Anais Nin, Dashiell Hammett, and J.K. Rowling. Throughout his discussion Scholes emphasises how concepts of genre affect the reading process and how they may work to exclude certain texts from the cultural canon and curriculum
- Cataloging source
- COCUF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1929-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scholes, Robert
- Dewey number
- 028
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR21
- LC item number
- .S36 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English literature
- American literature
- Criticism
- Literature
- Reader-response criticism
- Books and reading
- Literary form
- Littérature anglaise
- Littérature américaine
- Critique
- Littérature
- Esthétique de la réception
- Livres et lecture
- Genres littéraires
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Books and reading
- Criticism
- English literature
- Literary form
- Literature
- Reader-response criticism
- English-speaking countries
- Letterkunde
- Lezen
- Lezers
- Literaire techniek
- Label
- The crafty reader, Robert Scholes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reading as a Craft -- Reading Poetry: A Lost Craft -- Reading the World: Textual Realities -- Heavy Reading: The Monstrous Personal Chronicle as a Genre -- Light Reading: The Private-Eye Novel as a Genre -- Fantastic Reading: Science Fantasy as a Genre -- Sacred Reading: A Fundamental Problem -- Conclusion: A Crafty Reader -- Works Cited -- Index
- Control code
- 182530505
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281729200
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt114d8j
- d6d9b13b-841c-4a57-a6de-e04bbc87ba3a
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182530505
- Label
- The crafty reader, Robert Scholes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reading as a Craft -- Reading Poetry: A Lost Craft -- Reading the World: Textual Realities -- Heavy Reading: The Monstrous Personal Chronicle as a Genre -- Light Reading: The Private-Eye Novel as a Genre -- Fantastic Reading: Science Fantasy as a Genre -- Sacred Reading: A Fundamental Problem -- Conclusion: A Crafty Reader -- Works Cited -- Index
- Control code
- 182530505
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281729200
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt114d8j
- d6d9b13b-841c-4a57-a6de-e04bbc87ba3a
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)182530505
Subject
- American literature -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries
- Criticism
- Criticism -- English-speaking countries
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Critique -- Pays anglophones
- Electronic books
- English literature -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- English literature -- Theory, etc
- English-speaking countries
- Esthétique de la réception
- Genres littéraires
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading
- Letterkunde
- Lezers
- Literaire techniek
- Literary form
- Literary form
- Literature -- Appreciation
- Literature -- Appreciation
- Littérature -- Appréciation
- Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
- Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
- Livres et lecture -- Pays anglophones
- Reader-response criticism
- Reader-response criticism
- Lezen
Genre
Member of
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-crafty-reader-Robert-Scholes/dA-7Y7EA2-8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-crafty-reader-Robert-Scholes/dA-7Y7EA2-8/">The crafty reader, Robert Scholes</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item The crafty reader, Robert Scholes
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-crafty-reader-Robert-Scholes/dA-7Y7EA2-8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-crafty-reader-Robert-Scholes/dA-7Y7EA2-8/">The crafty reader, Robert Scholes</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
