Bring on the books for everybody
Subtitle: how literary culture became popular culture
By: Jim Collins.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780822345886; 9780822346067
Subjects: Popular culture and literature -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; Book clubs (Bookselling) -- United States; Book clubs (Discussion groups) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The end of civilization (or at least civilized reading) as you know it : Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and self-cultivation; title: Book clubs, book lust, and national librarians : literary connoisseurship as popular entertainment; title: The movie was better : the rise of the cine-literary; title: "Miramaxing" : beyond mere adaptation; title: Sex and the post-literary city; title: The devoutly literary bestseller.