Readers and their roles: Evidence from readers of contemporary fiction in the Netherlands.

Reading serves many ends. Some readers report that works of fiction provide an imaginative escape from the rigors of life, others report reading in order to be intellectually challenged. While various characterizations of readers' engagement with prose fiction have been proposed, few have been...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Allen Riddell, Karina van Dalen-Oskam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6062070?pdf=render