Reading fiction in antebellum America : informed response and reception histories, 1820-1865 / / James L. Machor |
Autore | Machor James L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 403 p. ) |
Disciplina | 813/.309 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Reader-response criticism - United States Authors and readers - United States - History - 19th century Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8018-9933-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Reading reading historically. Historical hermeneutics, reception theory, and the social conditions of reading in antebellum America ; Interpretive strategies and informed reading in the antebellum public sphere -- pt. 2. Contextual receptions, reading experiences, and patterns of response: four case studies. "These days of double dealing": informed response, reader appropriation, and the tales of Poe ; Multiple audiences and Melville's fiction: receptions, recoveries, and regressions ; Response as (re)construction: the reception of Catharine Sedgwick's novels ; Mercurial readings: the making and unmaking of Caroline Chesebro'-- Conclusion: American literary history and the historical study of interpretive practices. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463371303321 |
Machor James L.
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Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 | ||
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Reading fiction in antebellum America : informed response and reception histories, 1820-1865 / / James L. Machor |
Autore | Machor James L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 403 p. ) |
Disciplina | 813/.309 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Reader-response criticism - United States Authors and readers - United States - History - 19th century Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century |
ISBN | 0-8018-9933-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Reading reading historically. Historical hermeneutics, reception theory, and the social conditions of reading in antebellum America ; Interpretive strategies and informed reading in the antebellum public sphere -- pt. 2. Contextual receptions, reading experiences, and patterns of response: four case studies. "These days of double dealing": informed response, reader appropriation, and the tales of Poe ; Multiple audiences and Melville's fiction: receptions, recoveries, and regressions ; Response as (re)construction: the reception of Catharine Sedgwick's novels ; Mercurial readings: the making and unmaking of Caroline Chesebro'-- Conclusion: American literary history and the historical study of interpretive practices. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524889203321 |
Machor James L.
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Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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