What Was Literature?: Class Culture and Mass Society

By Leslie A. Fiedler

Book Overview

What was literature, and how did it come to be divided into "high"-- that which critics praise and professors assign-- and "low"-- that which appeals to a mass audience? Why are some works, despite... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671249835
• ISBN13: 9780671249830
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.