Under the Cover
Subtitle: the creation, production, and reception of a novel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780691160382
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The estrangement of creation, production, and reception; title: Part one : The field of creation.; title: The structure of creativity : or, why Jarrettsville almost wasn't called Jarrettsville; title: Authorial careers : or, how $6,000 becomes a middle-class income; title: Part two : From creation to production.; title: Literary agents and double duties : or, why an author's success is out of her control; title: Part three : The field of production.; title: Decision making, tasted, and financial commitment to culture : or, why Counterpoint Press accepted Jarrettsville after rejecting it; title: Industry structure and the position and disposition of publishers : or, how some of the end of Jarrettsville quite literally became the beginning; title: Storytelling and mythmaking : or, how a one-sentence email nearly doubled a print run; title: Part four : From production to reception.; title: Retailers and reviewers : or, how being placed on the front table could have tanked Jarrettsville; title: Part five : The field of reception.; title: Reading life into novels : or, why a misanthropic thug may not be all bad; title: Reading novels into life : or, how a story about the past became a story about the present; title: Part six : Connecting the circuit.; title: Conclusion : reconnecting creation, production, and reception; title: Methodological appendix : From there to here