| Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction Contributor(s): Mailloux, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501728067 ISBN-13: 9781501728068 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 801.950 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Interpretive Conventions, Steven Mailloux provides a general introduction to reader-response criticism while developing his own specific reader-oriented approach to literature. He examines five influential theories of the reading process--those of Stanley Fish, Jonathan Culler, Wolfgang Iser, Norman Holland, and David Bleich. He goes on to argue the need for a more comprehensive reader-response criticism based on a consistent social model of reading. He develops such a reading model and also discusses American textual editing and literary history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mailloux, Steven: - Steven Mailloux is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Rhetorical Power, Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction, and Reception Histories: Rhetoric, Pragmatism, and American Cultural Politics, from Cornell University Press. |
