Reading Up Middle-Class Readers and the Culture of Success in the Early Twentieth-Century United States
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...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Temple University Press
2012
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |