Skip to content

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire Hardcover - 1997

by Janice A. Radway


From the publisher

Deftly melding ethnography, cultural history, literary criticism, and autobiographical reflection, A Feeling for Books is at once an engaging study of the Book-of-the-Month Club's influential role as a cultural institution and a profoundly personal meditation about the experience of reading. Janice Radway traces the history of the famous mail-order book club from its controversial founding in 1926 through its evolution into an enterprise uniquely successful in blending commerce and culture. Framing her historical narrative with writing of a more personal sort, Radway reflects on the contemporary role of the Book-of-the-Month Club in American cultural history and in her own life. Her detailed account of the standards and practices employed by the club's in-house editors is also an absorbing story of her interactions with those editors. Examining her experiences as a fourteen-year-old reader of the club's selections and, later, as a professor of literature, she offers a series of rigorously analytical yet deeply personal readings of such beloved novels as Marjorie Morningstar and To Kill a Mockingbird. Rich and rewarding, this book will captivate and delight anyone who is interested in the history of books and in the personal and transformative experience of reading.

Details

  • Title A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
  • Author Janice A. Radway
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997
  • ISBN 9780807823576
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Janice A. Radway

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - VG
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Branson, Missouri, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$6.74
NZ$8.43 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
The University of North Carolina Press, October 1997. Hardcover. Used - VG. Local Independent Bookstore. All Orders ship within 2 business days.
Item Price
NZ$6.74
NZ$8.43 shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Radway, Janice A.

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$8.77
NZ$5.07 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
The University of North Carolina, 10/27/1997 12:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 1.3898 in x 9.5906 in x 6.4213 in.
Item Price
NZ$8.77
NZ$5.07 shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books : The Book-Of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books : The Book-Of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Radway, Janice A

  • Used
Condition
Used - Good
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$17.62
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of North Carolina Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Item Price
NZ$17.62
FREE shipping to USA
Feeling for Books: The Book-Of-The-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Feeling for Books: The Book-Of-The-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Janice A. Radway

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used: Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$20.15
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of North Carolina Press, 1997-08. Hardcover. Used: Good.
Item Price
NZ$20.15
FREE shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire.

by Radway, Janice A.

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$24.83
NZ$10.05 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press, 1997, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on title page "To [name] with warm regards." -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0807823570
Item Price
NZ$24.83
NZ$10.05 shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Radway, Janice A.

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Salem, Oregon, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$25.34
NZ$10.14 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Chapel Hill & London: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nice clean unmarked copy. Dust jacket has one short closed edge tear.
Item Price
NZ$25.34
NZ$10.14 shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books. The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste and Middle-Class Desire.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books. The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste and Middle-Class Desire.

by RADWAY, JANICE A.

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
H.I. Ambacht, Netherlands
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$31.52
NZ$45.68 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Chapel Hill-London, University of North Carolina Press. 1997. Original publisher's black cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, pictorial dustjacket, thick large 8vo: xvi, 424pp., illustrations, chapternotes & references, afterword, general bibliography, index. Fine copy.
Item Price
NZ$31.52
NZ$45.68 shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Radway, Janice A.

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good+
Edition
American First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$33.78
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 5; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition..
Item Price
NZ$33.78
FREE shipping to USA
Feeling for Books: The Book-Of-The-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Feeling for Books: The Book-Of-The-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Janice A. Radway

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used:Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$62.58
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University of North Carolina Press, 1997-10-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.
Item Price
NZ$62.58
FREE shipping to USA
A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire

by Radway, Janice A

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780807823576
ISBN 10
0807823570
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Diego, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$104.88
NZ$9.21 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
The University of North Carolina Press, 1997-10-27. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Item Price
NZ$104.88
NZ$9.21 shipping to USA