Reception Study: From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies

Reception study is an important tool for understanding how readers encounter texts and absorb information. This up-to-date selection of the most important published work lays out the principles of reception study and its major theoreticians, and goes on to show how the method is being widely used in areas as varied as cultural studies, African-American studies, and the burgeoning field called the history of the book. This volume presents the only complete account of reception study today.

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction 1.1 Why the boundary element method? 1.2 Typical applications of the boundary element method 1.3 Emergence of the boundary element method 1.4 History of boundary element eigenformulations 1.5 Organization of the book 2 Boundary Element Method Fundamentals 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Direct method: weighted residuals 2.3 Examples 2.4 Direct method: Green's integral theorem 2.5 Indirect method 2.6 Body forces 3 Isoparametric Boundary Elements 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Two-dimensional linear boundary elements 3.3 Higher-order elements in 2-D 3.4 Boundary elements in 3-D 3.5 Examples 4 Anisotropy, Axisymmetry and Zoning 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Anisotropic materials 4.3 Axisymmetric problems 4.4 Inhomogeneous regions and zoning 5 Time-Harmonic Analysis in Acoustics and Elasticity 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Acoustics 5.3 Elasticity 6 Dynamic Analysis: Acoustics and Elasticity 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Eigenvalue problem in acoustics 6.3 Eigenvalue problem in elasticity 6.4 Characteristic equation for eigenvalues 7 Basics of Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem Formulation 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Development of BE algebraic eigenvalue problem 7.3 Formulation of Internal Cell Method 7.4 Example of internal cell method: rectangular plate vibration 8 Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem in Boundary Elements 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Eigenproblem using dual reciprocity method in acoustics 8.3 Eigenproblem using particular integral method in elasticity 9 Advanced Concepts in Boundary Element Algebraic Eigenproblem 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Algebraic eigenvalue formulation using fictitious function method 9.3 Example problems using fictitious function method 9.4 Effect of internal collocation points on eigensolutions 9.5 Polynomial-based particular integral method 9.6 Multiple reciprocity method (MRM) 9.7 Series expansion methods (SEM) with matrix augmentation 10 Acoustic Fluid--Structure Interaction Problems 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Boundary element--finite element coupled eigenanalysis of fluid--structure system 10.3 Acoustic eigenproblem for enclosures with dissipative boundaries 10.4 Examples of acoustic eigenproblem with sound absorption 11 Solution Methods of Eigenvalue Problems 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Lanczos-based subspace approach 11.3 Lanczos recursion method 11.4 Example problems 11.5 Summary statements on the non-symmetric Lanczos eigensolver 11.6 Damped system eigenvalue problem solution 11.7 Lanczos two-sided recursion for the quadratic eigenvalue problem 11.8 Summary statements on eigenvalue computation algorithms 12 Discussion and Future Research 12.1 Discussion on boundary element eigenvalue methodologies 12.2 Comparison of eigenanalysis using BEM and FEM 12.3 Topics not covered in the book 12.4 Future research on BEM eigenanalysis

About the Author :
James L. Machor is Professor of English at Kansas State University. Philip Goldstein is Associate Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Delaware.