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Author:

Eberly, Rosa A.

Title:

Citizen critics : literary public spheres / Rosa A. Eberly.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

xvii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Miller, Henry,--1891---Tropic of Cancer.
Ellis, Bret Easton.--American psycho.
Joyce, James,--1882-1941.--Ulysses.
Dworkin, Andrea.--Mercy.
American fiction--20th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Authors and readers--United States--History--20th century.
Public opinion--United States--History--20th century.
Criticism--United States--History--20th century.
Reader-response criticism.
Canon (Literature)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-189) and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Citizen critics in literary public spheres -- From "improper novel" to "contemporary classic": Joyce's Ulysses, 1918-30 -- "A slut in the neighborhood": Tropic of Cancer in Chicago -- Publicity, artistry, and American psycho -- Andrea Dworkin's Mercy: pain and silence in the "war zone" -- Beyond the aesthetic: citizen critics and protopublic classrooms -- Works consulted -- Index.

Series:

The history of communication

ISBN:

9780252068676 (pbk. : alk. paper)
025206867X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252025136 (alk. paper)
025202513X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41835104

LCCN:

99006743

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)