Dumbing Down

Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

With vigor, wit, learning, common sense, and urgency, twenty-three essayist—including John Simon, Cynthia Ozick, Phillip Lopate, George F. Kennan, Sven Birkerts, Joseph Epstein, and Brad Leithauser—examine aspects of our pan-cultural "dumbing down" and offer both diagnoses of and possible cures for this wasting disease.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-11-17
Mått:157 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:514 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:332
Förlag:WW Norton & Co
ISBN:9780393317237

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
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Mer om författaren

John Thornton was a book editor for many years and now works as a literary agent. He lives in New York. Katharine Washburn is an editor and translator. She lives in New York.

Recensioner i media

"A collection of savagely witty essays by a hardy band of cultural commentators who believe things are bad, really bad out there, and are not at all reluctant to say so."