The Performance of Reading

<i>The Performance of Reading</i> argues that there are distinct analogies between “silent” reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer. <br /> <p><br /> </p> <ul> <li style=”list-style: none”><br /> </li> <li>An original and insightful exploration of the act of reading by the leading scholar in the field.<br /> </li> <li>Discusses the history of reading and the transitions from reading aloud to reading silently, and the changing role of literature as communal, active experience to a more private endeavor.</li> </ul>