Reader-Response Criticism: From Formalism to Post-Structuralism by Ms. Jane P. Tompkins (Editor) (1-Jan-1981) Hardcover

by Jane Tompkins

This book is a complete, up-to-date, annotated bibliography of reader-oriented work, both theoretical and applied, makes this anthology an excellent guide to reader-response criticism.

Genres: Theory, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Academic

Unknown Binding

First published December 1, 1980

About the author

Jane Tompkins (born 1940) is an American literary scholar who has worked on canon formation, feminist literary criticism, and reader response criticism.[1] She has helped develop the idea of cultural work in literary studies.[2] She earned her PhD at Yale in 1966 and subsequently taught at Temple University, Duke University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.[3]

Reviews

[Sirpa Grierson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really for a college level or higher, but the ideas are applicable to anyone interested in reader response criticism.

[Jeff Keehr · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for my Literary Criticism course at Penn State.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll admit that there are a few essays I did not read, but this is, on the whole, a great collection.

[TinTin Kalaw]

I have only read a few of the essays that are related to my thesis :))