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The traveler, the tower, and the worm : the reader as metaphor
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The traveler, the tower, and the worm : the reader as metaphor

by Alberto Manguel

This work explores the historical metaphors of reading and the relationship between literature and reality over four millennia. It analyses how literary characters reflect shifting attitudes towards the reader's role in interpreting the world through stories.

Accession 26969 ISBN 9780812245233 Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
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