{"product_id":"reading-words-into-worlds-j-clayton-mcreynolds-9781032635439","title":"Reading Words into Worlds: Phenomenological Mimesis of Givenness in the Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Words into Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e asks how it is that reading a novel can feel in some ways like being-in-a-world. The book explores how novels give themselves to readers in ways that mimetically resemble our phenomenological reception of given beings in reality. McReynolds refers to this process as phenomenological mimesis of givenness, and he draws on the phenomenological philosophy of Husserl, Heidegger, and Jean-Luc Marion to explore how masterful novels can make reading ink marks on a page feel like seeing things, feeling things, and meeting (even loving) others. McReynolds blends rigorous phenomenological study with a personable style, first laying out his theory in detail and then applying that theory through close studies of his reading experiences of four British realist masterpieces: Defoe's \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, Austen's \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e, Eliot's \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e, and Hardy's \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e. Ultimately, this book offers a grounded phenomenology of novel-reading, illuminating what gives novels such power to not only thrill readers--but to change them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Clayton McReynolds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032635436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032635439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"J. Clayton McReynolds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083783708927,"sku":"9781032635439","price":72.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-words-into-worlds-j-clayton-mcreynolds-9781032635439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}