The Performance of Reading

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The Performance of Reading is written by Peter Kivy and published by John Wiley & Sons. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0470777281 (ISBN 10) and 9780470777282 (ISBN 13).

The Performance of Reading argues that there are distinct analogies between "silent" reading and artistic performance, and so fashions the new role of the reader as performer. An original and insightful exploration of the act of reading by the leading scholar in the field. 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.