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The new literary middlebrow : tastemakers and reading in the twenty-first century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Driscoll, Beth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Literature and society > History > 21st century.
Popular literature > History and criticism.
Books and reading > History > 21st century.
Books and reading.
Literature and society.
Popular literature.
2000 - 2099
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Recognizing the literary middlebrow
  • Book clubs, women, Oprah and the middlebrow
  • Harry Potter and the middlebrow pedagogies of teachers and reviewers
  • The Man Booker Prize: money, glory and media spectacle
  • The middlebrow pleasures of literary festivals
  • Conclusion: The future of reading.