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    Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction
    Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction
    Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction
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    Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction

    By Steven Mailloux

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCornell University Press
    Release dateMar 15, 2018
    ISBN9781501720956
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