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Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers - From Charlotte Temple to The Da Vinci Code (Paperback, New)
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Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers - From Charlotte Temple to The Da Vinci Code (Paperback, New)
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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 readings of some of the key texts that have shaped the
American imagination since the nation's founding.
Focusing on a mix of enduring and forgotten bestsellers, the essays
in this collection consider 18th and 19th century works, like
"Charlotte Temple" or "Ben-Hur," that were once considered epochal
but are now virtually ignored; 20th century favorites such as" The
Sheik "and "Peyton Place"; and 21st century blockbusters including
the novels of Nicholas Sparks, "The Kite Runner," and "The Da Vinci
Code."
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