Reading's Residue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5339222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Schwenger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 61-72 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SubStance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-2426 • E-ISSN: 1527-2095 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sub.2022.0013 |
| OpenAlex | W4301244551 |
| Language | EN |
Though we forget most of the fiction that we read, something remains. This essay asks what forms that "something" might take in readers' memories, a question that recurs in the work of the Australian writer Gerald Murnane. When a novel's plot lines and visualized incidents have faded away, there may still linger an atmosphere peculiar to it, which is evoked by its title
Art · Atmosphere (unit) · Geography · Linguistics · Literature · Meteorology · Plot (graphics) · Reading (process) · Australian History and Society · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Philosophy · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |