Rhetoric Review Jun 2008

A Midrash for Louise Rosenblatt

Norbert Elliot New Jersey Institute of Technology

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.

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Rhetoric Review
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2008-06-16
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10.1080/07350190802126235
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