The New Literary Middlebrow [electronic resource] : Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century /
Driscoll, B.author.
The middlebrow is a dominant cultural force in the twenty-first century. This book defines the new literary middlebrow through eight key features: middle class, feminized, reverential, commercial, emotional, recreational, earnest and mediated. Case studies include Oprah's Book Club, the Man Booker Prize and the Harry Potter phenomenon.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Recognizing the Literary Middlebrow; 2 Book Clubs, Oprah, Women and the Middlebrow; 3 Harry Potter and the Middlebrow Pedagogies of Teachers and Reviewers; 4 The Man Booker Prize: Money, Glory and Media Spectacle; 5 The Middlebrow Pleasures of Literary Festivals; Conclusion: the Future of Reading; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The middlebrow is a dominant cultural force in the twenty-first century. This book defines the new literary middlebrow through eight key features: middle class, feminized, reverential, commercial, emotional, recreational, earnest and mediated. Case studies include Oprah's Book Club, the Man Booker Prize and the Harry Potter phenomenon.
Literature—Philosophy.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literary Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.