Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... critics , himself the author of many books well known to lovers of the best literature , " had recently declared ... critic , but they are definitely intended as terms of disparage- ment . P. A. Sorokin , in his voluminous work Social ...
... critics , himself the author of many books well known to lovers of the best literature , " had recently declared ... critic , but they are definitely intended as terms of disparage- ment . P. A. Sorokin , in his voluminous work Social ...
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... critics were lukewarm toward Cowper , or worse ; but the common people loved him . In America he was promptly republished , and editions multiplied . It was not a professional literary critic , but a shrewd judge of most matters , who ...
... critics were lukewarm toward Cowper , or worse ; but the common people loved him . In America he was promptly republished , and editions multiplied . It was not a professional literary critic , but a shrewd judge of most matters , who ...
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... critics is worthy of quota- tion : Today a criticism of Laddie by a minister of the Gospel was sent me in which he wrote of it as " molasses fiction . " What a wonderful compliment ! All the world loves sweets . Afield , bears as well ...
... critics is worthy of quota- tion : Today a criticism of Laddie by a minister of the Gospel was sent me in which he wrote of it as " molasses fiction . " What a wonderful compliment ! All the world loves sweets . Afield , bears as well ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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