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The Self-Help Compulsion reveals the profound entanglement of modern literature and commercial advice from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Beth Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers' rebukes of such instrumental purposes.
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The Self-Help Compulsion, Beth Blum
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Self-Help Compulsion
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Beth Blum
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0231194927
- ISBN13
- 9780231194921
- Series
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
- Description
- The Self-Help Compulsion reveals the profound entanglement of modern literature and commercial advice from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Beth Blum explores popular reading practices in which people turn to literature in search of practical advice alongside modern writers' rebukes of such instrumental purposes.