The New Literary Middlebrow - Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century - Bok av B. Driscoll - Häftad
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.