Collins explores how digital technologies and the convergence of literary, visual, and consumer cultures have changed what counts as a "literary experience" in phenomena ranging from lush film adaptations such as "The English Patient" and "Shakespeare in Love" to the customer communities at Amazon. Central to Collins's analysis and, he argues, to contemporary literary culture, is the notion that refined taste is now easily acquired; it is just a matter of knowing where to access it and whose advice to trust. Using recent novels, he shows that the redefined literary landscape has affected not just how books are being read, but also what sort of novels are being written for these passionate readers. Collins connects literary bestsellers from "The Jane Austen Book Club" and "Literacy and Longing in L.A." to "Saturday" and "The Line of Beauty," highlighting their depictions of fictional worlds filled with avid readers and their equations of reading with cultivated consumer taste.
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Collins explores how digital technologies and the convergence of literary, visual, and consumer cultures have changed what counts as a "literary experience" in phenomena ranging from lush film adaptations such as "The English Patient" and "Shakespeare in Love" to the customer communities at Amazon. Central to Collins's analysis and, he argues, to contemporary literary culture, is the notion that refined taste is now easily acquired; it is just a matter of knowing where to access it and whose advice to trust. Using recent novels, he shows that the redefined literary landscape has affected not just how books are being read, but also what sort of novels are being written for these passionate readers. Collins connects literary bestsellers from "The Jane Austen Book Club" and "Literacy and Longing in L.A." to "Saturday" and "The Line of Beauty," highlighting their depictions of fictional worlds filled with avid readers and their equations of reading with cultivated consumer taste.
Imprint | Duke University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | June 2010 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | June 2010 |
Authors | Jim Collins |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 300 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-4606-7 |
Barcode | 9780822346067 |
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LSN | 0-8223-4606-0 |