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The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature
Peter Kivy
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The Performance of Reading argues that there are distinct analogies between "silent" reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer.
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Literature
176 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2006
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