Informed Response and Reception Histories, 1820-1865 Machor, James L. creator Project Muse distributor text Electronic books. mdu 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiv, 403 p.) 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. James L. Machor. Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-391) and index. Open Access Unrestricted online access star n-us--- 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 PS377 .M33 2011 813/.309 9780801899331 0801899338 https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42/ https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42/ Open Access MdBmJHUP 100607 20210127150855.0 muse1438