1. Literary theory and psychological reading models -- 2. Literary theory and social reading models -- 3. Practical criticism : the reader in American fiction -- 4. Textual scholarship and 'Author's final intention' -- 5. A typology of conventions -- 6. Interpretive conventions -- 7. Literary history and reception study -- Conclusion : reading 'the reader' -- Appendix: Reader-response criticism and teaching composition.
Summary
In Interpretive Conventions, Steven Mailloux examines five influential theories of the reading process--those of Stanley Fish, Jonathan Culler, Wolfgang Iser, Norman Holland, and David Bleich.
