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A feeling for books : the Book-of-the-Month Club, literary taste, and middle-class desire / by Janice A. Radway.
LIBRA Z1003.2 .R33 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radway, Janice A., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book-of-the-Month Club--History.
- Book-of-the-Month Club.
- Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- History.
- United States.
- Books and reading--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 424 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Janice Radway suggests that the varied collection of books recommended by the Book-of-the-Month Club over the years has been instrumental in formulating middlebrow literary taste in America and in defining the desires of the middle class. Here is her passionate exploration of reading, literary professionals, and the character of culture. Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807823570
- OCLC:
- 36126876
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