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02505aam a2200361 i 4500 001 813D99F4EAD411E7BA71765497128E48 003 SILO 005 20171227010214 008 150323s2015 scu s000 0 eng 010 $a 2015010844 020 $a 1611175089 020 $a 9781611175080 035 $a (OCoLC)893455799 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CDX $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN51 $b .Z296 2015 082 00 $a 809/.93358 $2 23 084 $a LIT007000 $a LIT004020 $a LIT007000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Zane, J. Peder, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003055756 245 10 $a Off the books : $b on literature and culture / $c J. Peder Zane. 264 1 $a Columbia, South Carolina : $b University of South Carolina Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xviii, 326 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Head Off the Books in this collection of newspaper columns, where J. Peder Zane uses classic and contemporary literature to explore American culture and politics. The book review editor for the Raleigh, North Carolina News & Observer from 1996 to 2009, Zane demonstrates that good books are essential for understanding ourselves and the world around us. The one hundred and thirty columns gathered in Off the Books find that sweet spot where literature's eternal values meet the day's current events. Together they offer a literary overview of the ideas, issues, and events shaping our culture--from 9/11 and the struggle for gay rights to the decline of high culture and the rise of sensationalism and solipsism. As they plumb and draw from the work of leading writers--from William Faulkner, Knut Hamsun, and Eudora Welty to Don DeLillo, Lydia Millet, and Philip Roth--these columns make an argument not just about the pleasure of books, but about their very necessity in our lives and culture"-- Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Literature and society. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077572 650 0 $a Books and reading. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015758 650 7 $a LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Books and reading. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836454 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171227032736.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=813D99F4EAD411E7BA71765497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search