Tasting and Testing Books: Good Housekeeping's Literary Canon for the 1920s and 1930s

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2015
Author
Author: Amy L. Blair
Journal
REAL: Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature
Volume
31
Issue
1
Pagination
167-83
Language
English
Region
Demographics
Chronological Period
Annotation
Examines Emily Newell Blair's reading advice column in Good Housekeeping magazine. The column was noted for its focus on what would now be called middlebrow literature and was intended to help women readers make their own choices rather than prescribing elite fare.
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