A midrash for Louise Rosenblatt

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2008

Abstract

For what purpose is this midrash presented? As parable, paraphrase, prophecy, and dramatic monologue, midrash offers an illuminating perspective on Louise Rosenblatt's Literature as Exploration. Deeply influenced by libertarian ideals of her family, Rosenblatt crafted a unique philosophy in which the process of reading literature was intertwined with the aims of democratic citizenry. Working to understand her insistence on the need for imaginative extension helps us to recall a vanished ideal of democratic culture and the role that literature was to play within it.

Identifier

46749089022 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Rhetoric Review

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1080/07350190802126235

e-ISSN

15327981

ISSN

07350198

First Page

281

Last Page

304

Issue

3

Volume

27

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