Paraliterary
The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America
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Chapter One
Reading as Imitation
Chapter Two
Reading as Feeling
Chapter Three
Brand Reading
Chapter Four
Sight Reading
Chapter Five
Reading like a Bureaucrat
Chapter Six
Reading like a Revolutionary
Conclusion
Retracing One’s Steps
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
History: American History | History of Ideas
Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian Literature | General Criticism and Critical Theory
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