Abstracts
Abstract
This retrospective review examines Clayton Childress’s Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017), a milestone study in the sociology of culture with significant implications for book and publishing studies. Childress traces a single work of literary historical fiction—Cornelia Nixon’s Jarrettsville (2009)—across the interconnected fields of creation, production, and reception, offering an integrated model that remains an exception in its methodological ambition. The review highlights three chapters of particular value for researchers and teachers in book studies, and situates Under the Cover within the broader interdisciplinary conversation it has helped to generate since its publication.
Keywords:
- Clayton Childress,
- sociology of culture,
- literary sociology,
- book studies,
- research methods
Résumé
Cette recension rétrospective concerne l’ouvrage de Clayton Childress intitulé Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017). Ce livre est issu de la sociologie de la culture, mais a des implications importantes pour les études sur le livre et l’édition. Childress retrace le parcours d’un seul ouvrage de fiction historique — Jarrettsville (2009) de Cornelia Nixon — dans les zones interdépendantes de la création, de la production et de la réception. Il propose en outre un modèle intégré qui reste exceptionnel par son ambition méthodologique. Cette recension met en avant trois chapitres particulièrement utiles pour les chercheurs et les enseignants en études sur le livre, et situe Under the Cover dans le débat interdisciplinaire plus large qu’il a contribué à susciter depuis sa publication.
Mots-clés :
- Clayton Childress,
- sociologie de la culture,
- sociologie de la littérature,
- étude du livre,
- méthodes de recherche
Appendices
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