Reading up : middle-class readers and the culture of success in the early twentieth-century United States

Reading up middle-class readers and the culture of success in the early twentieth-century United States

A person who reads a book for self-improvement rather than aesthetic pleasure is "reading up." Reading Up is Amy Blair's engaging study of popular literary critics who promoted reading generally and specific books as vehicles for acquiring cultural competence and economic mobility. Co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Blair, Amy L., 1972- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, > 1846-1916 > Knowledge > Literature.
Ladies' home journal.
American literature > Appreciation > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular literature > United States > History and criticism.
Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Middle class > Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Success in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cultivating Taste in a Mass-Market World; 1. Mr. Mabie Tells What to Read; 2. The Compromise of Silas Lapham; 3. James for the General Reader; 4. Misreading The House of Mirth; 5. The Comforts of Romanticism; Epilogue: Reading Up into the Twenty-first Century; Appendix A: The Mabie Canon; Appendix B: "Novels Descriptive of American Life"; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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