02388nam 2200601 a 450 991046546810332120200520144314.01-283-09817-297866130981770-19-983038-X(CKB)2560000000073367(EBL)689295(OCoLC)721195519(SSID)ssj0000524866(PQKBManifestationID)12222189(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524866(PQKBWorkID)10486382(PQKB)11098909(MiAaPQ)EBC689295(Au-PeEL)EBL689295(CaPaEBR)ebr10467534(CaONFJC)MIL309817(EXLCZ)99256000000007336720100816d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe pleasures of reading in an age of distraction[electronic resource] /Alan JacobsNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (171 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-974749-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction; AN ESSAY ON SOURCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own bReadingSelf-cultureStudy skillsElectronic books.Reading.Self-culture.Study skills.028/.8Jacobs Alan1958-950814MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465468103321The pleasures of reading in an age of distraction2149664UNINA