The Resource The making of middle/brow culture, Joan Shelley Rubin
The making of middle/brow culture, Joan Shelley Rubin
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- Summary
- The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, "outline" volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. By examining both the form and content of this popularization of literature, Joan Rubin recaptures here an activity that brought the humanities to the general public on an unprecedented scale. In doing so, she provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise of American middlebrow culture and the values encompassed by it. Exploring the democratization of culture in a consumer society, Rubin concentrates on five important expressions of the middlebrow: the establishment of book clubs, including the founding of the Book-of-the-Month Club; the beginnings of "great books" programs; the creation of the New York Herald Tribune's book-review section; the popularity of such works as Will Durant's The Story of Philosophy; and the emergence of literary radio programs. Rubin also investigates the lives and expectations of the individuals who shaped these middlebrow enterprises--such figures as Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, Henry Seidel Canby, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, John Erskine, William Lyon Phelps, Alexander Woollcott, and Clifton Fadiman. By demonstrating that an emphasis on character, liberal learning, and aesthetic training at least partly animated many of these writers, she revises the conventional view that the genteel tradition in American letters had vanished by World War I. Moreover, as she pursues the significance of these cultural intermediaries who connected elites and the masses by interpreting ideas to the public, Rubin forces a reconsideration of the boundary between high culture and popular sensibility
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 416 pages
- Note
- Spine title: The making of middlebrow culture
- Contents
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- Self, culture, and self-culture in America
- The "higher journalism" realigned : Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, and Books
- Why do you disappoint yourself? : the early history of the Book-of-the-Month Club
- Classics and commercials : John Erskine and "great books"
- Merchant of light : Will Durant and the vogue of the "outline"
- Information, please! : book programs on commercial radio
- Isbn
- 9780807843543
- Label
- The making of middle/brow culture
- Title
- The making of middle/brow culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan Shelley Rubin
- Title variation
- Making of middlebrow culture
- Subject
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- Art -- Appréciation -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Art appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Arte -- Crítica -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Clase media -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Classes moyennes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Cultura popular -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Culture personnelle
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- History
- Leesgewoonten
- Literatura -- Apreciación -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Literature -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Littérature
- Littérature -- Appréciation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Livres et lecture
- Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Middle class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Populaire literatuur
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Self-culture -- History -- 20th century
- États-Unis -- Culture populaire -- 20e siècle
- Art -- Appréciation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, "outline" volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. By examining both the form and content of this popularization of literature, Joan Rubin recaptures here an activity that brought the humanities to the general public on an unprecedented scale. In doing so, she provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise of American middlebrow culture and the values encompassed by it. Exploring the democratization of culture in a consumer society, Rubin concentrates on five important expressions of the middlebrow: the establishment of book clubs, including the founding of the Book-of-the-Month Club; the beginnings of "great books" programs; the creation of the New York Herald Tribune's book-review section; the popularity of such works as Will Durant's The Story of Philosophy; and the emergence of literary radio programs. Rubin also investigates the lives and expectations of the individuals who shaped these middlebrow enterprises--such figures as Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, Henry Seidel Canby, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, John Erskine, William Lyon Phelps, Alexander Woollcott, and Clifton Fadiman. By demonstrating that an emphasis on character, liberal learning, and aesthetic training at least partly animated many of these writers, she revises the conventional view that the genteel tradition in American letters had vanished by World War I. Moreover, as she pursues the significance of these cultural intermediaries who connected elites and the masses by interpreting ideas to the public, Rubin forces a reconsideration of the boundary between high culture and popular sensibility
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rubin, Joan Shelley
- Dewey number
- 028/.9/0973
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Z1003.2
- LC item number
- .R83 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Books and reading
- Literature
- Art appreciation
- Popular culture
- Middle class
- Self-culture
- Literatura
- Arte
- Cultura popular
- Clase media
- Livres et lecture
- Littérature
- Art
- Culture personnelle
- Culture populaire
- Art
- Littérature
- Culture populaire
- Classes moyennes
- Livres et lecture
- Leesgewoonten
- Populaire literatuur
- États-Unis
- Label
- The making of middle/brow culture, Joan Shelley Rubin
- Note
- Spine title: The making of middlebrow culture
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-403) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Self, culture, and self-culture in America -- The "higher journalism" realigned : Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, and Books -- Why do you disappoint yourself? : the early history of the Book-of-the-Month Club -- Classics and commercials : John Erskine and "great books" -- Merchant of light : Will Durant and the vogue of the "outline" -- Information, please! : book programs on commercial radio
- Control code
- 24010915
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xx, 416 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807843543
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 91022241
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1430724
- Label
- The making of middle/brow culture, Joan Shelley Rubin
- Note
- Spine title: The making of middlebrow culture
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-403) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Self, culture, and self-culture in America -- The "higher journalism" realigned : Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, and Books -- Why do you disappoint yourself? : the early history of the Book-of-the-Month Club -- Classics and commercials : John Erskine and "great books" -- Merchant of light : Will Durant and the vogue of the "outline" -- Information, please! : book programs on commercial radio
- Control code
- 24010915
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xx, 416 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807843543
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 91022241
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1430724
Subject
- Art -- Appréciation -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Art appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Arte -- Crítica -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Clase media -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Classes moyennes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Cultura popular -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Culture personnelle
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Culture populaire -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- History
- Leesgewoonten
- Literatura -- Apreciación -- EE.UU. -- Historia -- Siglo XX
- Literature -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Littérature
- Littérature -- Appréciation -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Livres et lecture
- Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Middle class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Populaire literatuur
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Self-culture -- History -- 20th century
- États-Unis -- Culture populaire -- 20e siècle
- Art -- Appréciation
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