What is it about certain books that makes them bestsellers? Why do some of these books remain popular for centuries, and others fade gently into obscurity? And why is it that when scholars do turn their attention to bestsellers, they seem only to be interested in the same handful of blockbusters, when so many books that were once immensely popular remain under-examined?
Addressing those and other equally pressing questions about popular literature, Must Read is the first scholarly collection to offer both a survey of the evolution of American bestsellers as well as critical...
What is it about certain books that makes them bestsellers? Why do some of these books remain popular for centuries, and others fade gently into ob...
`Ferociously smart ... A rare combination of guilty pleasure and intellectual insight' VOGUE `Perceptive ... Refreshing ... Tears away layers of false readings and conspiracy theories' NEW YORK TIMES Intricately researched ... Churchwell's Marilyn is a complex, well-rounded creature in the best sense - the human sense' OBSERVER There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and solitary figure, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, liberated woman and innocent child. In incisive and passionate prose, Sarah Churchwell looks at how the stories we tell have trivialised a woman we supposedly...
`Ferociously smart ... A rare combination of guilty pleasure and intellectual insight' VOGUE `Perceptive ... Refreshing ... Tears away layers of fa...
