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Who Reads Literature?
Nicholas ZillMarianne Winglee
其他書名
The Future of the United States as a Nation of Readers
出版Seven Locks Press, 1990
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / LiteracyLiterary Criticism / Books & ReadingReference / Dictionaries
ISBN09320208609780932020864
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=94wJQbUqlhcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book draws on extensive demographic information to present a portrait of the nation's reading habits. Research offers the following observations and facts: reading of serious contemporary literature is the pastime of a distinct minority; the proportion of Americans who read serious literature is between 7 and 12% and contemporary fiction, poetry, and drama attract those adults who have at least some college education and incomes of $25,000 and over. Following a foreword and an introduction, the book's four chapters are as follows: (1) Readers of Fiction, Poetry, and Drama: How Many and Who Are They? (2) What the Readers are Reading; (3) Factors That Affect Literary Participation; and (4) Expanding the Audience: What Can Be Done? Seventy notes are included. A technical appendix discusses statistical procedures used in the book, and presents three tables of data. (SR)