Bring on the books for everybody : how literary culture became popular culture /
Jim Collins.
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2010.
- p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Popular culture and literature--United States. Popular culture--United States. Book clubs (Bookselling)--United States. Book clubs (Discussion groups)--United States.