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9781557287823

Reading With Oprah

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  • ISBN13:

    9781557287823

  • ISBN10:

    1557287821

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-02-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr
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Summary

Extensive research and an engaging narrative style untangle the myths and presuppositions surrounding the Oprah Book Club and reveal 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, with the most extensive analysis yet of the Oprah Winfrey-Jonathan Franzen contretemps.

Author Biography

Kathleen Rooney is a writing instructor at Emerson College.

Table of Contents

Preface: End of Story? ix
The Stories of Oprah: Oprah's Book Club and American Literary Culture
1(32)
Jonathan Franzen Versus Oprah Winfrey: Disses, Disinvitations, and Disingenuousness
33(34)
Raise Your Hand if You Haven't Done All the Reading: The Novels of OBC
67(42)
Formatted to Fit Your Screen: The Flattening Effects of Television on the Books of OBC
109(54)
Is This It?: The End of Oprah's Book Club as We Know It
163(22)
Everything Old is New Again: Oprah's Book Club Returns with the Classics
185(28)
Bibliography 213(12)
Index 225

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