(Ebook) Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology) by Childress, Clayton ISBN 9780691160382, 0691160384

(Ebook) Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology) by Childress, Clayton ISBN 9780691160382, 0691160384

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- 1 Introduction: The Estrangement of Creation, Production, and Reception -- PART I: THE FIELD OF CREATION -- 2 The Structure of Creativity: Or, Why Jarrettsville Almost Wasn't Called Jarrettsville -- 3 Authorial Careers: Or, How 6,000 Becomes a Middle-Class Income -- PART II: FROM CREATION TO PRODUCTION -- 4 Literary Agents and Double Duties: Or, Why an Author's Success Is Out of Her Control -- PART III: THE FIELD OF PRODUCTION -- 5 Decision Making, Taste, and Financial Commitment to Culture: Or, Why Counterpoint Press Accepted Jarrettsville after Rejecting It -- 6 Industry Structure and the Position and Disposition of Publishers: Or, How Some of the End of Jarrettsville Quite Literally Became the Beginning -- 7 Storytelling and Mythmaking: Or, How a One-Sentence Email Nearly Doubled a Print Run -- PART IV: FROM PRODUCTION TO RECEPTION -- 8 Retailers and Reviewers: Or, How Being Placed on the Front Table Could Have Tanked Jarrettsville -- PART V: THE FIELD OF RECEPTION -- 9 Reading Life into Novels: Or, Why a Misanthropic Thug May Not Be All Bad -- 10 Reading Novels into Life: Or, How a Story about the Past Became a Story about the Present -- PART VI: CONNECTING THE CIRCUIT -- 11 Conclusion: Reconnecting Creation, Production, and Reception -- Methodological Appendix: From There to Here -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index