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...

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Main Author: Blair, Amy (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Temple University Press 2012
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