Reading and the Body

The Physical Practice of Reading

• Author(s): Thomas Mc Laughlin,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 1137522895
  ISBN_13: 9781137522894
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Fiction / General , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Literary theory has been dominated by a mind/body dualism that often eschews the role of the body in reading. Focusing on reading as a physical practice, McLaughlin analyzes the role of the eyes, the hands, postures and gestures, bodily habits and other physical spaces, with discussions ranging from James Joyce to the digital future of reading.