The Ulysses delusion : rethinking standards of literary merit /
Popular fiction follows literature professors wherever they go. At coffee shops or out for drinks, after faculty meetings or classes, even at family reunions - they are persistently pressed to talk about bestselling novels. Questions immediately follow. What do I mean when I say a book is "good...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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| Series: | American literature readings in the 21st century.
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| Summary: | Popular fiction follows literature professors wherever they go. At coffee shops or out for drinks, after faculty meetings or classes, even at family reunions - they are persistently pressed to talk about bestselling novels. Questions immediately follow. What do I mean when I say a book is "good"? Why do contemporary novels like these, conversations like these, matter to professors of literature? Shouldn't they be spending their time re-reading The Great Gatsby? The Ulysses Delusion confronts these questions and answers their call for more engaged conversations about books. Through topics like the Oprah's Book Club, Harry Potter and Chick Lit, Cecilia Konchar Farr explores the lively, democratic and gendered history of novels in the United States as a context for understanding how avid readers and literary professionals have come to assess them so differently. |
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| Physical Description: | 199 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137553621 1137553626 |