A feeling for books: the Book-of-the-Month Club, literary taste, and middle-class desire

Janice A. Radway

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Janice Radway suggests that the varied collection of books recommended by the Book-of-the-Month Club over the years has been instrumental in formulating middlebrow literary taste in America and in defining the desires of the middle class. Here is her passionate exploration of reading, literary professionals, and the character of culture.

Request Code
ZLIBIO676978
Published
1997
Publisher
UNC Press Books
Pages
1
Language
English
Format
EPUB
ISBN-13
9780807823576
ISBN-10
0807823570