02559cam a22005054a 4500 muse1438 MdBmJHUP 20210127150855.0 m o d cr||||||||nn|n 100607s2011 mdu o 00 0 eng d 2010022274 9780801899331 0801899338 9780801898747 (alk. paper) 0801898749 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)794700392 MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP n-us--- PS377 .M33 2011 813/.309 22 Machor, James L. Reading Fiction in Antebellum America Informed Response and Reception Histories, 1820-1865 / James L. Machor. Johns Hopkins University Press, Project MUSE, 1 online resource (xiv, 403 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-391) and index. 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. Open Access Unrestricted online access star Description based on print version record. Books and reading United States History 19th century. Authors and readers United States History 19th century. Reader-response criticism United States. American fiction 19th century History and criticism. Electronic books. local Project Muse. distributor Book collections on Project MUSE. Full text available: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42/ Project MUSE - 2011 Literature Project MUSE - 2011 Complete 23793 23793 0 0 lcc 0 0 DL DL OA 2021-01-27 0 PS377 .M33 2011 2021-01-27 https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42/ 2021-01-27 EBOOK