The New Literary Middlebrow

Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48684-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3018 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Driscoll, B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Preface 1. Recognizing the Literary Middlebrow 2. Book Clubs, Women, Oprah 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

Über Autor(innen)

Beth Driscoll is Lecturer in Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia.