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Response Criticism

Response Criticism is a scholarly methodology within the field of literary theory that systematically analyzes readers' interpretive reactions to texts, distinguishing itself by emphasizing the cognitive and affective processes through which meaning is constructed during the act of reading.

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79

Authors

25

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

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Publications

54

Gender and Reading: Essays on Readers, Texts, and Contexts

Lee H. Dowling, Elizabeth A. Flynn, Patrocinio P. Schweikart · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1987 · 256 citations

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The Return of the Reader: Reader-Response Criticism

Anthony Cheal Pugh, Elizabeth Freund · Poetics Today · 1987 · 193 citations

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The Theoretical Dimensions of Henry James

Irene M. Sturges, John Carlos Rowe · Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature · 1986 · 119 citations

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Using Laugh Responses to Defuse Complaints

Research on Language and Social Interaction · 2012 · 111 citations · Full text

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Reading representations of themselves: Urban youth use culture and African American textual features to develop literary understandings

Wanda Brooks · Reading Research Quarterly · 2006 · 104 citations

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Authors

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  1. SM
    Steven Mailloux

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    4 publications · 225 citations

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  2. JR
    Julian Reid

    University of Lapland, Finland

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  3. RE
    Rudolf E. Kuenzli

    University of Iowa, United States

    1 publications · 90 citations

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  4. AC
    Alan C. Purves

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. SE
    Shanna E. Hirsch

    Clemson University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

25

  1. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  2. Tyndale University

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  3. Mitchell Institute

    Portland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  4. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  6. Oregon Department of Education

    Salem, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. Cochrane

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

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Venues

  1. College English

    4 publications · 59 citations

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  3. Poetics Today

    2 publications · 211 citations

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  4. College Composition and Communication

    CCC · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  5. Language Arts

    LA · 2 publications · 56 citations

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