The Theory and Practice of Reception Study - Reading Race and Gender in Twain, Faulkner, Ellison, and Morrison (Hardcover)

This book examines novels of Faulkner and Morrison as well as Mark Twain and Ralph Ellison in order to show that their works forcefully undermine the racial and sexual divisions characterizing both the South and contemporary culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Moreover, the book discusses theories of reader-response and reception study and elaborates a theory of reception study based on the historical or "archeological" methods of Michel Foucault. As a consequence, unlike most studies of American literature, which discuss its historical contexts or prescribe its readers' responses, this book explains the reception of these works, including the academic criticism and reviews and, because the internet exerts immense influence in the twenty-first century, the on-line responses of ordinary readers. Unlike most reception studies, this book examines the institutional contexts of the readers' responses.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
Release date:	April 2022
Authors:	Philip Goldstein
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-221122-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-03-221122-9
Barcode:	9781032211220

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