Classics and Trash: Traditions and Taboos in High Literature and Popular Modern Genres
Book Details
Author(s)
Harriett Hawkins
Publisher
Prentice Hall / Harvester Wheatsheaf
ISBN / ASIN
071081335X
ISBN-13
9780710813350
Sales Rank
#16,617,881
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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.
