Expanding The American Mind: Books And The Popularization Of Knowledge by Beth Luey
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Overview: Expanding the American Mind begins by comparing fiction and nonfiction — their relative respectability in the eyes of reading experts and in the opinions of readers themselves. It then traces the roots of popularization from the Middle Ages to the present, examining changes in literacy, education, and university politics. Focusing on the period since World War II, it examines the ways that curricular reform has increased interest in popularization as well as the impact of specialization and professionalization among the faculty. It looks at the motivations of academic authors and the risks and rewards that come from writing for a popular audience. It also explains how experts write for nonexperts — the rhetorical devices they use and the voices in which they communicate.
Beth Luey also looks at the readers of popularizations — their motivations for reading, the ways they evaluate nonfiction, and how they choose what to read. This is the first book to use surveys and online reader responses to study nonfiction reading. It also compares the experience of reading serious nonfiction with that of reading other genres.
Genre: Non-Fiction | History | Criticism
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