Bring on the books for everybody : how literary culture became popular culture / Jim Collins.

Author/creator Collins, Jim, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
Description287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.
LCCN 2009049951
ISBN9780822345886 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822345889 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822346067 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822346060 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E169.12 .C573 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold