Reading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America

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University of Arkansas Press, Jan 1, 2005 - Social Science - 234 pages
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Exploring the myths and presuppositions surrounding the Oprah Book Club, this text reveals its complex and far-reaching cultural influence, confronting head-on how the club became a crucible for the heated clash between 'high' and 'low' literary taste.
 

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Rooney (writing, Emerson Coll.) approaches the cultural significance Oprah's Book Club by first examining the popular arguments for and against this literary phenomenon. Rooney does not take the ... Read full review

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Contents

CHAPTER ONE
1
CHAPTER TWO
33
CHAPTER THREE
67
CHAPTER FOUR
109
CHAPTER FIVE
163
CHAPTER SIX
185
BIBLIOGRAPHY
213
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Kathleen Rooney photo by Jeff Wood Kathleen Rooney is a writing instructor at Emerson College. Winner of an Academy of American Poets Prize in 2004 and a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from Poetry magazine, she is editor of Redivider and has published a number of poems, articles, and reviews in the Nation, the Harvard Review, the Boston Review, Puerto Del Sol, and Cimarron Review. This book grew out of an article she wrote for the Nation about her visit to the show where Winfrey announced the end of the book club.

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TitleReading with Oprah: The Book Club that Changed America
AuthorKathleen Rooney
PublisherUniversity of Arkansas Press, 2005
ISBN1557287821, 9781557287823
Length234 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Literary Criticism / American / General
Literary Criticism / Books & Reading
Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Popular Culture
  
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