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The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response
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Visual LanguageLiterary TheoryLiterary StudyReader Response TheoryLiterary CriticismCertain Human FacultiesExperimental AestheticEducationAesthetic ResponseReading ProcessLiterary ReadingLanguage-based Approach
Iser examines what happens during the reading process, and how it is basic to the development of a theory of aesthetic response, setting in motion a chain of events that depends both on the text and the exercise of certain human faculties.