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With contributions by David Bleich, Jonathan Culler, Stanley Fish, Walker Gibson, Norman N. Holland, Wolfgang Iser, Walter Benn Michaels, Georges Poulet, Gerald Prince, and Michael Riffaterre.
About the Author
Reviews
Jane Tompkins' excellent work is above all a useful introduction to current talk about readers in literary theory, talk that supports a new focus on readers reading in practical criticism... A significant contribution to contemporary critical theory. Modern Language Notes
Book Information
ISBN 9780801824012
Author Jane P. Tompkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 386g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 148mm * 18mm
About the Author
Jane P. Thompkins has written widely on the work of Charles Borckden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Kate Chopin, and Henry James. Her recent work includes Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work from American Fiction, West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns, and A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned.
Reviews
Jane Tompkins' excellent work is above all a useful introduction to current talk about readers in literary theory, talk that supports a new focus on readers reading in practical criticism... A significant contribution to contemporary critical theory. Modern Language Notes
Book Information
ISBN 9780801824012
Author Jane P. Tompkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 386g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 148mm * 18mm
