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Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America by Merve Emre

theheroichydrangea's review against another edition

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3.0

Not quite what I was expecting or looking for but there’s some good stuff in the intro + the Henry James chapter

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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4.0

An engaging discussion of "bad reading" in postwar America as a form of international communication. Captivating argument even if the prose is unnecessarily complicated and jargony.
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