Middlebrow Literary Cultures: The Battle of the Brows, 1920-1960

Brown, E.; Grover, M.

The literary 'middle ground', once dismissed by academia as insignificant, is the site of powerful anxieties about cultural authority that continue to this day. In short, the middlebrow matters . These essays examine the prejudices and aspirations at work in the 'battle of the brows', and show that cultural value is always relative and situational.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349334520

DOI: 10.1057/9780230354647

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 244