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UNISA990003354430203316 |
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Titolo |
Alloro di Svezia : Carducci, Deledda, Pirandello, Quasimodo, Montale, Fo : le motivazioni del Premio Nobel per la letteratura / a cura e con un saggio introduttivo di Daniela Marcheschi |
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[Parma] : Monte Università Parma, 2007 |
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Scrittori italiani - Premio Nobel - 1906-1997 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910957670703321 |
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Autore |
Dolby Sandra K. <1946-> |
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Self-help books : why Americans keep reading them / / Sandra K. Dolby |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2005 |
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9786613223869 |
9781283223867 |
1283223864 |
9780252090998 |
0252090993 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Self-help techniques - United States |
Psychological literature - United States |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-181) and index. |
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American popular self-education -- The books, the writers, and metacommentary -- The critics, the simple self, and America's cultural cringe -- Giving advice and getting wisdom -- Memes, themes, and worldview -- Stories -- Proverbs, quotes, and insights -- Finding a use for self-help testimonies. |
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Understanding instead of lamenting the popularity of self-help books Based on a reading of more than three hundred self-help books, Sandra K. Dolby examines this remarkably popular genre to define "self-help" in a way that's compelling to academics and lay readers alike. Self-Help Books also offers an interpretation of why these books are so popular, arguing that they continue the well-established American penchant for self-education, they articulate problems of daily life and their supposed solutions, and that they present their content in a form and style that is accessible rather than arcane. Using tools associated with folklore studies, Dolby then examines how the genre makes use of stories, aphorisms, and a worldview that is at once traditional and contemporary. The overarching premise of the study is that self-help books, much like fairy tales, take traditional materials, |
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especially stories and ideas, and recast them into extended essays that people happily read, think about, try to apply, and then set aside when a new embodiment of the genre comes along. |
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