Louise Rosenblatt
1904-2005
Teacher and Literacy Critic
Louise Rosenblatt believed that literature was a transaction between the reader, the writer, and the text and that the meaning of any text is not in the work itself but in the readers interaction with it. She was well known as a reader-response theorist and was influenced by John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, and William James. Her 1938 book Literature as Exploration established Louise Rosenblatt as a vital force in education. Louise Rosenblatt was appointed as a professor at the School of Education in 1948, Rosenblatt headed the doctoral program in English Education until her retirement in 1972.
Louise Rosenblatt
Born August 23, 1904, in Atlantic City New Jersey to Jewish Immigrant Parents. She attended Barnard College and The University of Grenoble.
Publications
Literature as Exploration (1938)
The Reader, The Text, The Poem: The Transactional Theory of the Literary Work (1978)
Making Meaning with Texts (Selected Essay's) (2005)
Plus numerous journal articles and presentations
Awards
New York University's Great Teacher Award (1972)
Inducted into the International Reading Associations Reading Hall of Fame (1992)
John Dewey Society Lifetime Achievement Awards (2011)
The Influence of Louise Rosenblatt (Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading Video 4)