LEADER 02756nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910789809203321 005 20230725031005.0 010 $a1-58729-956-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081317 035 $a(EBL)843335 035 $a(OCoLC)719388645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11318780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10453296 035 $a(PQKB)10545704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843335 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843335 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456428 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081317 100 $a20100726d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading as therapy$b[electronic resource] $ewhat contemporary fiction does for middle-class Americans /$fTimothy Aubry 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (269 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-955-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSearching 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. 330 $aWhy 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. 606 $aFiction$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aReading$xPsychological aspects 606 $aBibliotherapy 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States 606 $aBooks and reading$zUnited States 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aReading$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aBibliotherapy. 615 0$aLiterature and society 615 0$aBooks and reading 676 $a306.4/88 700 $aAubry$b Timothy Richard$f1975-$01468302 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789809203321 996 $aReading as therapy$93679429 997 $aUNINA