The making of middle/brow culture /

The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, "outline" volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. By examining both the form and content of this popularization of literature, Joan Rubi...

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Auteur principal: Rubin, Joan Shelley, 1947-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1992.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1572
Table des matières:
  • Self, culture, and self-culture in America
  • The "higher journalism" realigned : Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, and Books
  • Why do you disappoint yourself? : the early history of the Book-of-the-Month Club
  • Classics and commercials : John Erskine and "great books"
  • Merchant of light : Will Durant and the vogue of the "outline"
  • Information, please! : book programs on commercial radio.