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http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/artists/reynolds/dr_samuel_johnson.htm If the book is heavy, or spready like a newspaper, a lap ain't enough. See Reynolds's portrait of Johnson squinting as he reads to show how concentrated reading should be... http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/artists/reynolds/dr_samuel_johnson.htm Max (recently squinting at it or its likeness in the Huntington, Pasadena...) Quoting Chris Jones <[log in to unmask]>: > Liz Grosz's book on architecture seems to also address this doubling > question, from a quick look through. > > I was taught to read sitting at a desk, back straight, knees together > and do not slouch. This way you give maximum attention to the text. But > I am going to sit in a lounge chair, with the TV on and read... > > I am the only one who reads at desk, still? Somehow, I doubt it, but was > curious. > > > On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 19:19 +1100, Chris Jones wrote: > > innate multiple redundancies which close > > down the freedom of the imaginative text and imaginative image and limit > > the double only to a foreclosed already stated future which governs also > > the image as a narrative of fore-shadowing and back-shadowing, which is > > also Gary Saul Morson's side shadowing argument against, in his reading > > of Bakhtin. > ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au