Modern American reading practices : between aesthetics and history / Philip Goldstein.

Author/creator Goldstein, Philip
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionvi, 181 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Influence.
American literature--History and criticism. --Theory, etc.
English literature--History and criticism. --Theory, etc.
Criticism--United States. --History. --19th century.
Criticism--United States. --History. --20th century.
Books and reading--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Books and reading--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Literature--Study and teaching (Higher). --United States. --History.
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
American fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.

Contents Modern American reading practices : between aesthetics and history -- Aesthetic theory : from Marxist critique to cultural history -- Aesthetics and reading : between theory and history -- Gothic romances and the modern humanities : the changing status of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn : from liberal realism to multiculturalism -- Richard Wright's Native son : between naturalist protest and modernist liberation -- Identity and convention in Faulkner's Light in August and Morrison's Jazz -- The politics of Sara Paretsky's detective fiction -- From aesthetics to reading practices.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-175) and index.
LCCN 2008021073
ISBN0230612253 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230612259 (alk. paper)

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