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

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

Under the Cover follows the life trajectory of a single work of fiction from its initial inspiration...
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Author: Clayton Childress
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Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel by Childress, Clayton

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

$490.67
Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel by Childress, Clayton

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

$490.67
Author: Clayton Childress
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Under the Cover follows the life trajectory of a single work of fiction from its initial inspiration to its reception by reviewers and readers. The subject is Jarrettsville, a historical novel by Cornelia Nixon, which was published in 2009 and based on an actual murder committed by an ancestor of Nixon's in the postbellum South.

Clayton Childress takes you behind the scenes to examine how Jarrettsville was shepherded across three interdependent fields--authoring, publishing, and reading--and how it was transformed by its journey. Along the way, he covers all aspects of the life of a book, including the author's creative process, the role of the literary agent, how editors decide which books to acquire, how publishers build lists and distinguish themselves from other publishers, how they sell a book to stores and publicize it, and how authors choose their next projects. Childress looks at how books get selected for the front tables in bookstores, why reviewers and readers can draw such different meanings from the same novel, and how book groups across the country make sense of a novel and what it means to them.

Drawing on original survey data, in-depth interviews, and groundbreaking ethnographic fieldwork, Under the Cover reveals how decisions are made, inequalities are reproduced, and novels are built to travel in the creation, production, and consumption of culture.

Author: Clayton Childress
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 03/19/2019
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780691191874

About the Author
Clayton Childress is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Toronto.
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