02756nam 2200613 a 450 991078980920332120230725031005.01-58729-956-9(CKB)2670000000081317(EBL)843335(OCoLC)719388645(SSID)ssj0000472574(PQKBManifestationID)11318780(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472574(PQKBWorkID)10453296(PQKB)10545704(MiAaPQ)EBC843335(MdBmJHUP)muse3018(Au-PeEL)EBL843335(CaPaEBR)ebr10456428(EXLCZ)99267000000008131720100726d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading as therapy[electronic resource] what contemporary fiction does for middle-class Americans /Timothy AubryIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20111 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-955-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Searching for paradise on the Oprah Winfrey Show -- Therapy and displacement in divine secrets of the Ya-Ya sisterhood -- Infinite jest and the recovery of feeling -- The pain of reading A million little pieces -- The politics of interiority in The pilot's wife -- Reading The kite runner in America.Why do Americans read contemporary fiction? This question seems simple, but is it? Do Americans read for the purpose of aesthetic appreciation? To satisfy their own insatiable intellectual curiosities? While other forms of media have come to monopolize consumers' leisure time, in the past two decades book clubs have proliferated, Amazon has sponsored thriving online discussions, Oprah Winfrey has inspired millions of viewers to read both contemporary works and classics, and novels have retained their devoted following within middlebrow communities.FictionHistory and criticismTheory, etcReadingPsychological aspectsBibliotherapyLiterature and societyUnited StatesBooks and readingUnited StatesFictionHistory and criticismTheory, etc.ReadingPsychological aspects.Bibliotherapy.Literature and societyBooks and reading306.4/88Aubry Timothy Richard1975-1468302MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789809203321Reading as therapy3679429UNINA