Print version: Collins, Jim, 1953- Bring on the books for everybody Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780822345886 ISBN 0822345889 ISBN 9780822346067 ISBN 0822346060
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index
The end of civilization (or at least civilized reading) as you know it : Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and self-cultivation -- Book clubs, book lust, and national librarians : literary connoisseurship as popular entertainment -- The movie was better : the rise of the cine-literary -- "Miramaxing" : beyond mere adaptation -- Sex and the post-literary city -- The devoutly literary bestseller.
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