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Reception theory : a critical introduction

Title
Reception theory : a critical introduction / Robert C. Holub.
Author
Holub, Robert C.
Publication
London ; New York : Methuen, 1984.

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Description
xiv, 189 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
An introduction to reception theory, a body of literary criticism that focuses on the way the reader interacts with the text. The study examines the roots of the theory in West Germany in the 1960s and considers its relation to other approaches to literature such as Russian Formalism, structuralism, hermenautics and literary sociology.
Series Statement
New accents
Uniform Title
New accents (Methuen & Co.)
Subject
  • Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften Bonn Jahrestagung
  • Criticism > Germany (West) > History
  • Reader-response criticism > Germany (West)
  • Literature > History and criticism
  • Criticism
  • Literature
  • Reader-response criticism
  • Geschichte
  • Rezeptionsforschung
  • Rezeptionsästhetik
  • Criticism > Germany (West)
  • Germany (West)
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [173]-184.
Contents
The change in paradigm and its socio-historical function -- Influences and precursors -- The major theorists -- Alternative models and controversies -- Problems and perspectives.
ISBN
  • 0416335802
  • 9780416335804
  • 041633590X
  • 9780416335903
  • 0415045967
  • 9780415045964
LCCN
83013385
OCLC
  • ocm09783456
  • 9783456
  • SCSB-93325
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library