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Author:
Collins, Jim, 1953-
Title:
Bring on the books for everybody : how literary culture became popular culture / Jim Collins.
Publisher:
Duke University Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Popular culture and literature--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
Book clubs (Bookselling)--United States.
Book clubs (Discussion groups)--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.
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.
ISBN:
9780822391975 (electronic bk.)
082239197X (electronic bk.)
0822346060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822346067 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822345889 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822345886 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2009049951
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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