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The Pleasure of Reading

Author : Eric Macfarlane
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1838590196
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Reading written by Eric Macfarlane and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pleasure of Reading reflects on the joys of owning and reading books. It looks at the situations that lead people to become keen readers and the ways in which parents and teachers can encourage children’s love of stories. It is critical of traditional methods of studying literature that deter many children from regarding reading as a pleasurable activity. The book also looks at the interests and passions that motivate novelists and the wide range of subjects on which they choose to write, the kind of stories they tell, the themes that they explore and the skill with which they handle their plots, characters and settings. Particular attention is given to the novelist’s role as a protester against injustice, persecution and the abuse of power.

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199831678
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction written by Alan Jacobs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you--the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice: read at whim, read what gives you delight, and do so without shame, whether it be Stephen King or the King James Version of the Bible. In contrast to the more methodical approach of Mortimer Adler's classic How to Read a Book (1940), Jacobs offers an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices. Invitingly written, with equal measures of wit and erudition, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction will appeal to all readers, whether they be novices looking for direction or old hands seeking to recapture the pleasures of reading they first experienced as children.

The Pleasures of Reading

Author : Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610694333
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Reading written by Catherine Sheldrick Ross and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience. Following up on her critically acclaimed Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community, Catherine Sheldrick Ross takes a new look at pleasure reading through 30 thought-provoking essays based on themes arranged from A to Z. In short lively chapters, she discusses topics ranging from "Alexia," "Bad Reading," and "Changing Lives" to "Romance Fiction," "Self-help," "Titles," "Vampires," and "Year of Reading." Drawing on her own research as well as other published sources, Ross comments on the significance of each theme, provides examples of the phenomenon, and develops the topic chronologically, through further examples, or through reversals. The essays are unified by an underlying theory of reading that views readers as sense-makers, actively engaged in reading themselves into the text and reading the texts back into their own lives. It gives educators and librarians insights into their roles with readers and offers a message about the importance of pleasure reading. A short list of resources for further reading is supplied with each topic.

The Pleasure of Reading

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408859637
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Reading written by Antonia Fraser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the annual Pleasure of Reading Prize A charming and revealing collection of essays from some of our best-loved writers about the pleasures of reading, with royalties donated to the Give a Book charity In this delightful collection forty-three acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read and what makes them continue to do so. Original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Gray, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend and Jeanette Winterson, while this new edition includes essays from five new writers, Emily Berry, Kamila Shamsie, Rory Stewart, Katie Waldegrave and Tom Wells. Royalties generated from this project will go to Give a Book, www.giveabook.org.uk, a charity set up in 2011 that seeks to get books to places where they will be of particular benefit. Give a Book works in conjunction with Age UK, Prison Reading Groups, Maggie's Centres, which help people affected by cancer, and various schools and literacy projects, such as Beanstalk, where many pupils have never had a book of their own in their lives.

Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School

Author : Michael Lockwood
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857026739
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School written by Michael Lockwood and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the UKLA Author Award 2009:UKLA 'Lockwood has written a useful, supportive book which will help teachers and librarians...He describes the background and summarises the research and then proposes thoroughly practical programmes' - Carousel 'Michael Lockwood has produced an excellent, practical overview and analysis of what works in the primary school to promote reading for pleasure....Lockwood's work is grounded and valuable to those who need it most - teachers in the classroom working hard to engender a love of reading' - English Drama Media 'This book is first class. It puts the matter very clearly and succinctly, and presents a great deal of evidence to support the argument that pleasure is not a frivolous extra, but the very heart and essence of what reading is about. It also gives readers plenty of ideas for carrying the principle into the classroom, and for justifying it...This is an excellent piece of work, which I hope will find a place on every staffroom bookshelf.' - Philip Pullman English primary school children are less likely to read for pleasure than their counterparts in many other countries. This practical and focused book discusses the background to this situation and looks at how government initiatives have tried to address it. Drawing on the author's own research project in order to identify good practice in promoting reading for enjoyment, the book presents specific activities which teachers can use to develop their own whole school and classroom practice, enabling them to put the fun back into reading. Each chapter features case-study material and provides examples of planning from schools that have successfully created thriving reading cultures through schemes such as reading assemblies, book clubs, library loyalty cards, school book evenings and quizzes. There is also an extensive, annotated list of print and internet-based resources. Topics covered include: - Becoming a reading for pleasure school - Promoting a love of reading in the early years - Developing reading enjoyment in the later primary years - Getting boys reading Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School is written for all those involved in education who would like to see as many children as possible develop a love of reading. It will be particularly relevant for primary teachers, teaching assistants, trainee teachers, advisers and consultants, as well as teacher educators and researchers.

The Pleasure of Reading

Author : Temple Scott
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022844766
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Reading written by Temple Scott and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charming ode to the joys of reading, Temple Scott celebrates the power of literature to enlighten, inspire, and entertain. Drawing on a vast array of literary history and personal experience, Scott explores the many pleasures and benefits of reading, from the thrill of discovery to the solace of solitude. With its engaging style and infectious enthusiasm, The Pleasure of Reading is sure to delight book lovers of all stripes. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Pleasures of Literature and the Solace of Books

Author : Joseph Shaylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Literature and the Solace of Books written by Joseph Shaylor and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pleasure In/of the Text

Author : Fabien Arribert-Narce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781789977264
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure In/of the Text written by Fabien Arribert-Narce and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reading is a peculiar kind of experience. Although its practice and theory have a very long tradition, the question of aesthetic pleasure is as perplexing as ever. Why do we read? What exactly thrills us in the text? Taking the work of Roland Barthes as a central reference, the aim of this collection of essays is to investigate a variety of themes and issues associated with the question of readerly pleasure. Pleasure 'in' the text is related to the content of the text and associated with various methods of representing the pleasures of 'real life', whereas pleasure 'of' the text is discovered in the literary form. The imperfect, if not erroneous, distinction between form and content, constitutes one of the main methodological techniques for identifying the two major sources of pleasure, and serves as a starting point for the inquiry. This bookdoes not merely offer a personal view of the problem in question, nor an exposition of this problem locked within the limits of a given theory, but a broader perspective consisting of the reflections of academics who critically evaluate both its theoretical and practical aspects, across disciplines such as literary theory and criticism, semiology, philosophy and psychoanalysis"--

The Pleasures of Reading

Author : Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Reading written by Catherine Sheldrick Ross and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience. Following up on her critically acclaimed Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community, Catherine Sheldrick Ross takes a new look at pleasure reading through 30 thought-provoking essays based on themes arranged from A to Z. In short lively chapters, she discusses topics ranging from "Alexia," "Bad Reading," and "Changing Lives" to "Romance Fiction," "Self-help," "Titles," "Vampires," and "Year of Reading." Drawing on her own research as well as other published sources, Ross comments on the significance of each theme, provides examples of the phenomenon, and develops the topic chronologically, through further examples, or through reversals. The essays are unified by an underlying theory of reading that views readers as sense-makers, actively engaged in reading themselves into the text and reading the texts back into their own lives. It gives educators and librarians insights into their roles with readers and offers a message about the importance of pleasure reading. A short list of resources for further reading is supplied with each topic.

Pleasure Reading

Author : Tracey Ann Coveart
Publisher : Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN 13 : 0787744743
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Pleasure Reading written by Tracey Ann Coveart and published by Teaching and Learning Company. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a book-lover's best friend! This collection of engaging and content-focused activities will help you nurture literacy in your classroom--or the entire school. Filled to the brim with suggestions for engaging students with books in a meaningful and academic way, you will be able to use these activities with small or large groups. They allow students to bring their own reading experience--regardless of level of proficiency--to the table to use as the basis for learning about reading and writing. And this resource will help mentor every student's most effective literacy model--you! You'll be given full background information for all activities so that you can set the tone for a confident and considered approach to the love of books!

The Pleasures of Reading

Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasures of Reading written by Robert Alter and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alter not only speaks about the distinctive pleasures of reading poems, plays, and novels, but shows, by recourse to many passages from English, American, and French literature, how rich and diverse these pleasures can be. Defining literary language as "an intricate, inventively designed vehicle for setting the mind in restless pleasing motion," he proposes a set of concepts that will point a return to reading. He also offers fresh explanations of familiar terms such as character, structure, allusions, and perspective, and analyzes various texts. ISBN 0-671-62783-X: $18.95.

The Pleasure of Reading (Classic Reprint)

Author : Temple Scott
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365227496
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Reading (Classic Reprint) written by Temple Scott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pleasure of Reading Let me try to illustrate what I mean. Keats begins his Ode on a Grecian Urn with the following lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age

Author : Natalia Kucirkova
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529729858
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age written by Natalia Kucirkova and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to become a reader? What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging children in reading for pleasure in the 21st century? This book explores the ways in which reading for pleasure is changing in the era of globalisation, multiculturalism and datafication. Raising the next generation of engaged readers requires knowledge of the enduring characteristics of engagement and markers of quality in books and e-books. In addition, in order to develop new insights into children’s experience of reading on and off screen, nuanced understandings of psychological and socio-cultural research are offered. The cross-disciplinary examination integrates key research from educational psychology, new literacies, multimodality and socio-cultural perspectives and explores consequences for practice. An authoritative guide - it invites graduates, researchers and teachers to participate in the authors’ interdisciplinary dialogue about reading for pleasure.

The Pleasure of Reading

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Knopf Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780394223087
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Reading written by Antonia Fraser and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 1992 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Most Wonderful Books

Author : Michael Dorris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781571312167
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Most Wonderful Books written by Michael Dorris and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors describe how they became readers through contact with children's favorites, traditionally accepted classics, and a wide variety of other reading material.

The Pleasure of Reading

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747508137
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure of Reading written by Antonia Fraser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Adolescent Literacies

Author : Kathleen A. Hinchman
Publisher : Guilford Publications
ISBN 13 : 146253452X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Adolescent Literacies written by Kathleen A. Hinchman and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing cutting-edge findings on adolescent literacy teaching and learning, this unique handbook is grounded in the realities of students' daily lives. It highlights research methods and instructional approaches that capitalize on adolescents' interests, knowledge, and new literacies. Attention is given to how race, gender, language, and other dimensions of identity--along with curriculum and teaching methods--shape youths' literacy development and engagement. The volume explores innovative ways that educators are using a variety of multimodal texts, from textbooks to graphic novels and digital productions. It reviews a range of pedagogical approaches; key topics include collaborative inquiry, argumentation, close reading, and composition.ÿ