Modern American Reading Practices

1. Introduction: Modern American Reading Practices
Philip Goldstein

2. Aesthetic Theory
Philip Goldstein

3. Aesthetics and Reading
Philip Goldstein

4. Gothic Romances and the Modern Humanities
Philip Goldstein

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Philip Goldstein

6. Richard Wright’s Native Son

Philip Goldstein

7. Identity and Convention in Faulkner’s Light in August and Morrison’s Jazz

Philip Goldstein

8. The Politics of Sara Paretsky’s Detective Fiction
Philip Goldstein

9. Conclusion: From Aesthetics to Reading Practices
Philip Goldstein

Keywords: Literature, North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Social History, Aesthetics