the experience of fiction from childhood to adulthood /
J.A. Appleyard.
1st pbk. ed.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1994.
x, 228 pages ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-218) and index.
A study of the psychological development of readers of fiction across the whole lifespan, which argues that regardless of personality and background, readers go through a regular sequence of stages as they mature from childhood to adulthood, affecting how they experience and respond to stories.