Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel

Clayton ChildressPrinceton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691191874

Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel coverUnder the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel cover

Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel

Clayton ChildressPrinceton University Press

ISBN-10: 0691191875 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691191874 · 2019

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Clayton Childress provides an immersive ethnographic study of the contemporary book industry, tracing the life cycle of a single novel from initial manuscript to final reader reception.

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Mar 19, 2019
Pages: 320

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Author: Clayton Childress

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Inferred: Book ProductionInferred: Cultural SociologyInferred: Cultural StudiesInferred: Literary SociologyInferred: PublishingInferred: Sociology Of LiteratureInferred: Book IndustryInferred: Cultural Production

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