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Communication theory for any figure requires the
including of the ground for that figure and the
study of the interplay between the figure and its
ground . Graeco-Roman, or visual man, has
consistently studied the figure minus the ground .
When Q.D. Leavis did a study of Fiction and the
Reading Public , there was an uproar because she
had ventured to suggest that highly literate
people could lead moronic lives through most of
their waking hours. It is the only study ever made,
in English, of a reading public. That is, the study
of ground for the figure of the novel. The ordinary
study concentrates on figure minus ground , i.e.
the content of the novel is studied and the kinds