Reading up : middle-class readers and the culture of success in the early twentieth-century United States /

Reading up : middle-class readers and the culture of success in the early twentieth-century United States /

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A person who reads a book for self-improvement rather than aesthetic pleasure is 'reading up.' Reading Up is Amy Blair's engaging study of popular literary critics who promoted reading generally and specific books as vehicles for acquiring cultural competence and economic mobility. Co...

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Main Author: Blair, Amy L., 1972-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, > 1846-1916 > Knowledge > Literature.
Ladies' home journal.
1900-1999
American literature > Appreciation > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular literature > United States > History and criticism.
Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Middle class > Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century.
Success in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Appreciation.
Books and reading.
Literature and society.
Middle class > Books and reading.
Popular literature.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
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Call Number: PS228.P67 B63 2012eb
 
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