Writer's Audience is Always a Fiction

Public lecture from Ong's Lincoln Lecture series. Ong's summary: Writing is always an artificial activity. Both writer and reader have to assume a fictional role. This is true not only of narrative for the general reading public but also for the most personal letters. The history of the w...

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Main Author: Ong, Walter J.
Format: Online
Language:eng
Created: Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center 1974
Online Access:http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ong/id/692
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