Middlebrow Literary Cultures [electronic resource] : The Battle of the Brows, 1920-1960 /
Brown, E.editor.
Grover, M.editor.
The literary 'middle ground', once dismissed by academia as insignificant, is the site of powerful anxieties about cultural authority that continue to this day. In short, the middlebrow matters . These essays examine the prejudices and aspirations at work in the 'battle of the brows', and show that cultural value is always relative and situational.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Cultural contexts -- pt. 2. Taste-makers and print cultures I : UK -- pt. 3. Categorization and valuation.
The literary 'middle ground', once dismissed by academia as insignificant, is the site of powerful anxieties about cultural authority that continue to this day. In short, the middlebrow matters . These essays examine the prejudices and aspirations at work in the 'battle of the brows', and show that cultural value is always relative and situational.
European literature.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
British literature.
European Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British and Irish Literature.