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The pleasures of reading : in an ideological age : with a new preface / Robert Alter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London W.W. Norton & Company 1996Description: 250p. ; 21cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393314991 pbk
  • 9780393314991 pbk
Other title:
  • Pleasures of reading in an ideological age
Subject(s): Summary: This text, with a new preface by its author, charts the conflict between the proponents of popular culture on the one hand and the defenders of high art on the other. Robert Alter argues cogently for great literature, and using examples from world literature, illustrates the pleasures of reading.
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Non-Circulating ATU Mayo McDonagh Collection Donation 028.9 ALT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Library Use Only J181574

Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text, with a new preface by its author, charts the conflict between the proponents of popular culture on the one hand and the defenders of high art on the other. Robert Alter argues cogently for great literature, and using examples from world literature, illustrates the pleasures of reading.

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