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

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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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