Bring on the Books for Everybody : How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture / Jim Collins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (298 pages): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822391975
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Contents:
The end of civilization (or at least civilized reading) as you know it : Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and self-cultivation -- Book clubs, book lust, and national librarians : literary connoisseurship as popular entertainment -- The movie was better : the rise of the cine-literary -- "Miramaxing" : beyond mere adaptation -- Sex and the post-literary city -- The devoutly literary bestseller.
Summary: Considers the proliferation of popular literary culture in the U.S.--from Oprah's book club to Miramax film adaptations to chick lit.
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The end of civilization (or at least civilized reading) as you know it : Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and self-cultivation -- Book clubs, book lust, and national librarians : literary connoisseurship as popular entertainment -- The movie was better : the rise of the cine-literary -- "Miramaxing" : beyond mere adaptation -- Sex and the post-literary city -- The devoutly literary bestseller.

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Considers the proliferation of popular literary culture in the U.S.--from Oprah's book club to Miramax film adaptations to chick lit.

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