The New Literary Middlebrow: Tastemakers And Reading In The Twenty-First Century

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.

• • Author: B. Driscoll
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Sep 22, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 240 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137402911
• • ISBN-13: 9781137402912