Classics and Trash: Traditions and Taboos in High Literature and Popular Modern Genres

Name: Classics and Trash: Traditions and Taboos in High Literature and Popular Modern Genres
Author: Harriett Hawkins
ISBN: 9780710813350

Author Harriett Hawkins

Publisher Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf

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Book Details

Author(s)Harriett Hawkins

PublisherPrentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf

ISBN / ASIN071081335X

ISBN-139780710813350

Sales Rank16,617,881

MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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This work questions the distinction between "high" literature and "popular" culture and draws attention to a disconcerting level of similarity between the two, finding parallels between Hollywood and Shakespeare and common elements in Lloyd Webber, Spielberg and Emily Bronte.