Reader responses to literary depictions of rape.

Disembodiment and Identity in Literary Depictions of Epilepsy Surgery.

This article explores the often perplexing experience of being an epilepsy surgery candidate, as portrayed in four book-length accounts: Laura Doermer's Moritz mein Sohn (Moritz my son, 1990), David B.'s L'ascension du haut mal (The ascent of the high evil, 1996; published in English as Epileptic, 2003), Ray Robinson's Electricity (2006), and Alberto Capitta's Il giardino non esiste (The garden...

the implied reader in 18th century literary criticism

this thesis is going to delineate the concept of the reader as implied in 18th century literary theory; based on the study of the major reader oriented elements of criticism of the age-taste, the sublime, and aesthetic pleasure-its aim is to explain what sott of reader is implied and what kind of response on the part of the reader is proposed in 18th century english literary theory and aestheti...

Reader-Response Theory and Criticism | The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

Reader-response criticism maintains that the interpretive activities of readers, rather than the author’s intention or the text’s structure, explain a text’s significance and aesthetic value. Biographical accounts of how a writer responds to his or her critics initiated this kind of criticism. That is, since a writer may respond to commentary provided by friends, reviewers, or critics, biograph...

Victim-Oriented Multidisciplinary Responses to Statutory Rape Training

Reader responses to the ethics forum: room for multiple perspectives.

In a recent Ethics Forum [1], Drs. John Loeser and Tim Deer opined on a case study involving the question of whether a patient should be considered for the implantation of an intrathecal opioid pump. While Dr. Loeser, who has been a critic of intrathecal opioids, recommended against implantation, Dr. Deer surprised many readers by also questioning the prudence of implantation in this particular...