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Devotions to the Text

Devotions to the Text

Devotions to the Text

Steven Carter

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Literatura: historia y crítica
ISBN:
9780761827573
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In an era when many scholars and critics can’t seem to see the forest of literature for the trees of theory, objective readings of texts are few and far between. Devotions to the Text constitutes a bold act of rebellion against those who would transform texts into mirrors that reflect only their own ideas and/or ideologies.

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