Paraliterary : the making of bad readers in postwar America /

Literature departments are staffed by, and tend to be focused on turning out, "good" readers--attentive to nuance, aware of history, interested in literary texts as self-contained works. But the vast majority of readers are, to use this book's tongue-in-cheek term, "bad" rea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Emre, Merve (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Temas:
1900-1999
Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Books and reading > United States > Sociological aspects.
Literature and society > United States.
Reading > Philosophy.
Communication in international relations > United States.
Littérature et société > États-Unis.
Lecture > Philosophie.
Communication dans les relations internationales > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
Books and reading.
Books and reading > Sociological aspects.
Communication in international relations.
Intellectual life.
Literature and society.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: pop quiz
  • Reading as imitation
  • Reading as feeling
  • Brand reading
  • Sight reading
  • Reading like a bureaucrat
  • Reading like a revolutionary
  • Conclusion: retracing one's steps.

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