Differences In Woolf's How Should One Read A Book?
Since each author’s focus lie elsewhere, finding common ground between specific points proves difficult. Still, their agreement might find itself when directing attention to their similar approaches to explaining their theories. In this sense, their agreement has more to deal with a similar decision to include certain relationships and distinctions. During their essays, both writers introduce different relationships between authors and readers. In Woolf’s “How Should One Read a Book?” section, presents an amicable relationship at the initial reading but it dwindles once a reader finish. Unlike Woolf, Ricoeur presents a separated relationship from the start, especially explaining how he tries to treat the “author as already dead” (Ricoeur, 107).