"Haute lecture" albo książka w modzie

In her article the author discusses some consequences of silent reading, which became a norm in the Western culture in the 10th century. The experience of reading is difficult to present, hence the reading scenes are presented with the use of a figure of mediation – a practice visible in the analysed texts and photographs. Typical forms of mediation include traditional stylisic devices: metaphor, metonymy and irony. Thanks to them we get closer to the intimate experience of someone else’s reading, nevertheless they confirm the inaccessibility of that experience to the observer.