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The New Literary Middlebrow

Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century
By:B. Driscoll
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137402912
eText ISBN:9781137402929
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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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.