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Cognitive demand and reading difficulty

The Reader’s Energy Budget: Cognitive Demand and the Spectrum of Reading Difficulty

Essayistic chapters in novels by Hawthorne, Hugo, and Steinbeck

Argument by Digression: Essayistic Chapters in Hawthorne, Hugo, and Steinbeck

Post date
May 4, 2026
Posted in Bookworm's Notebook
Tagged with John Steinbeck, literary form, narrative structure, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo

The problem of brilliant but detached male intellectual in fiction

The Problem of the “Brilliant but Detached” Male Intellectual in Fiction: Amalfitano, Katz, and Caravaggio

Three stances of poetry reading: a framework

How to Read Poetry: The Three Stances

Slice of life: a reader's guide to the genre of ordinary moments

Slice of Life: A Reader’s Guide to the Genre of Ordinary Moments

How a bad book makes a better reader

How a Bad Book Makes a Better Reader

Recurring characters in literary fiction

Recurring Characters: A Reader’s Framework and Taxonomy

Post date
April 9, 2026
Posted in Bookmarks
Tagged with literary concept, literary device, narrative structure

Toward the End of Time by John Updike

Toward the End of Time: John Updike’s Experiment in Emptiness

Post date
April 5, 2026
Posted in Books in Focus
Tagged with experimental fiction, John Updike

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