Reading as therapy : what contemporary fiction does for middle-class Americans /

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Why do Americans read contemporary fiction? This question seems simple, but is it? Do Americans read for the purpose of aesthetic appreciation? To satisfy their own insatiable intellectual curiosities? While other forms of media have come to monopolize consumers' leisure time, in the past two d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aubry, Timothy Richard, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Reading > Psychological aspects.
Bibliotherapy.
Literature and society > United States.
Books and reading > United States.
Roman > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Lecture > Psychologie.
Bibliothérapie.
Littérature et société > États-Unis.
bibliotherapy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
Books and reading.
Literature and society.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Why do Americans read contemporary fiction? This question seems simple, but is it? Do Americans read for the purpose of aesthetic appreciation? To satisfy their own insatiable intellectual curiosities? While other forms of media have come to monopolize consumers' leisure time, in the past two decades book clubs have proliferated, Amazon has sponsored thriving online discussions, Oprah Winfrey has inspired millions of viewers to read both contemporary works and classics, and novels have retained their devoted following within middlebrow communities.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 258 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781587299568
1587299569

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