num_pages: 176
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature
titlecomplete: The Performance of Reading: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literature (New Directions in Aesthetics)
genres: Literature, Philosophy
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell