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Reader-response Criticism

Reader-Response Criticism is a school of literary theory and method of literary criticism that, in contrast to text- or author-centered approaches, conceptualizes the reader as an active agent who co-constitutes the meaning of a text through the processes of reading, interpretation, and response.

449

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32.3K

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550

Authors

145

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2017–2026

28

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Publications

449

Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities

Edward Proffitt, Stanley Fish · Journal of Aesthetic Education · 1983 · 3.6K citations

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Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature.

Cathy N. Davidson, Janice Radway · American Literature · 1985 · 2.9K citations

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The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response

Daniel T. O’Hara, Wolfgang Iser · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 1979 · 1.9K citations

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Surface Reading: An Introduction

Stephen Best, Sharon Marcus · Representations · 2009 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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Literature as Exploration

Walter Houston Clark, Louise M. Rosenblatt · Journal of Aesthetic Education · 1970 · 1.6K citations

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Authors

550

  1. WI
    Wolfgang Iser

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    6 publications · 3.2K citations

    6

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  2. JT
    Jane Tompkins

    4 publications · 730 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. SM
    Steven Mailloux

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    4 publications · 225 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. PD
    Paul de Man

    Yale University, United States

    4 publications · 1.7K citations

    4

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  5. SF
    Stanley Fish

    Duke University, United States

    4 publications · 4.7K citations

    4

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1–5 of 550

Institutions

145

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    372 citations

  2. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    107 citations

  3. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    70 citations

  4. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  5. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

  6. Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission

    St. John's, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  7. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 42 publications · 2.6K citations

    27

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  2. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    11 publications · 2.6K citations

    11

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  3. College English

    10 publications · 244 citations

    10

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  4. New Literary History

    NLH · 10 publications · 643 citations

    10

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  5. Poetics

    8 publications · 576 citations

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