| Description |
280 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Always a stranger? -- Once upon a time -- A civilized world -- Other times : the 1950s -- Other times : the 1960s -- Other times : the 1970s -- The pleasure principle -- Professional rereading -- Books I ought to like -- Guilty pleasures -- Reading together -- Coda : what I have learned. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
After retiring from teaching literature, Patricia Meyer Spacks embarked on a year-long project of rereading dozens of novels: childhood favourites, young adult fiction, canonical works she didn't like, guilty pleasures. On Rereading records the surprising, fascinating results of her personal experiment and raises a number of intriguing questions. |
| Subject |
Spacks, Patricia Meyer -- Books and reading.
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Books and reading -- United States.
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Books and reading -- Psychological aspects.
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Fiction -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780674062221 alkaline paper |
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0674062221 alkaline paper |
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