{"product_id":"protocols-of-reading","title":"Protocols of Reading","description":"Discussing a wide range of literary theory in a clear and accessible way, prize-winning author Robert Scholes here continues his ongoing construction of a humane semiotic approach to the problems of reading, writing, and teaching.  Taking the view that “all the world’s a text,” Scholes considers numerous texts from life and literature, including photographs, paintings, and television commercials as well as biographies and novels.\u003cbr\u003e\n\t“A significant and thoughtful effort to think about the responsibilities of reading in the wake of deconstruction.”—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\u003ci\u003eProtocols of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, avuncular book, attractive in its common sense and brevity.”—Wendy Steiner, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\t“A complex argument developed in delightful plain English, \u003ci\u003eProtocols of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e sees both textual fundamentalism and deconstructive debunking as needful opposites in an oscillation that Scholes labels nihilistic hermeneutics.  Fine-tuning this oscillation is what the humanistic enterprise is all about, he suggests; it is our key to the true connection between reading and ethics.”—Richard A. Lanham, University of California, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\n\tRobert Scholes, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities at Brown University, is also the author of \u003ci\u003eTextual Power: Literary Theory and the Teaching of English\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSemiotics and Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStructuralism in Literature: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218965680472,"sku":"9780300050622","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300050622.jpg?v=1771308909","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/protocols-of-reading","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}