Andrew Elfenbein: 2 books
by Andrew Elfenbein
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
What happens to books as they live in our long-term memory? Why do we find some books entertaining and others not? And how does literary influence work on writers in different ways? Grounded in the findings of empirical psychology, this book amends classic reader-response theory and attends to neglected...
by Andrew Elfenbein
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 Romanticism and the Rise of English addresses a peculiar development in contemporary literary criticism: the disappearance of the history of the English language as a relevant topic. Elfenbein argues for a return not to older modes of criticism, but...