In:
University of Toronto Quarterly, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 56, No. 3 ( 1987-03-01), p. 435-442
Abstract:
The question I want to address is this: if I find two books lying side by side on a library table, the first a manuscript diary evidently left by the person who has just vacated my seat, the other a published diary lifted from the shelves, why is my reaction to the idea of reading the first different from my reaction to the second? Why would I hesitate to open even a page of the tattered notebook yet feel no guilt at all about reading every sentence of the published work? Of course others may not share my scruples, may even abandon the reading they intended to spend a happy few hours (secretly) reading the notebook. But whatever their choice, I would guess most people finding themselves in my position would discriminate between their reading of these two books. It is this difference I want to account for.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0042-0247
,
1712-5278
DOI:
10.3138/utq.56.1.435
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Publication Date:
1987
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2067134-9
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2159811-3
SSG:
25
