TY - BOOK AU - Mailloux,Steven TI - Interpretive Conventions: The Reader in the Study of American Fiction SN - 9781501720949 AV - PN98.R38 U1 - 813/.009 PY - 2018///] CY - Ithaca, NY : PB - Cornell University Press, N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Literary Theory and Psychological Reading Models --; 2. Literary Theory and Social Reading Models --; 3. Practical Criticism: The Reader in Am erican Fiction --; 4. Textual Scholarship and "Author's Final Intention" --; 5. A Typology of Conventions --; 6. Interpretive Conventions --; 7. Literary History and Reception Study --; Conclusion --; Appendix. Reader-Response Criticism and Teaching Composition --; Bibliographical Note --; Index; Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501720949 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9781501720949.jpg ER -