{"product_id":"literature-as-exploration-9780873525671","title":"Literature as Exploration","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouise Rosenblatts Literature as Exploration has influenced literary theorists and teachers of literature at all levels. This attractive trade paperback edition features a new foreword by Wayne Booth  a new preface and retrospective chapter by the author  and an updated list of suggested readings.  In Literature as Exploration  Rosenblatt presents her unique theory of literature and focuses on the immense  often untapped  potential for the study and teaching of literature in a democratic society. The authors philosophy of literature is frequently cited as the first presentation of reader-response theory  but she differs from her successors in emphasizing both the reader and the text. Her \"transactional\" theory of literature examines the reciprocal nature of the literary experience and explains why meaning is neither \"in\" the text nor \"in\" the reader. Each reading is \"a particular event involving a particular reader and a particular text under particular circumstances.\" And teachers of literature  Rosenblatt argues  play a pivotal role in influencing how students perform in response to a text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647589769269,"sku":"ByrdShop_0873525671","price":93.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780873525671.jpg?v=1781694590","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/literature-as-exploration-9780873525671","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}