Reading Groups by Jenny Hartley
Reading groups are one of the success stories of the age. But is the Reading Group really such a new phenomenon? How do they choose and use books? What kinds of social protocols and rituals do they observe and what do they mean? Why are men less likely to be members? Why do some groups work while others fail? Jenny Hartley surveyed over 330 Reading Groups to find the truth behind this modern phenomenon. Answers are provided in this lively book, full of anecdotes and comments from members. It is both an important contribution to the sociology of group discussion and an excellent how to manual, incorporating lots of useful extra information about resources and lists of the top books chosen.Jenny Hartley is an English professor at Roehampton University. She is the editor of The Collected Letters of Charles Dickens (OUP, 2012) and the author of Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Ladies (Methuen, 2008). She has also collaborated with OUP on The Reading Clubs Book (2001, 2002). She is the Charles Dickens Museum's Scholar in Residence and the 2013-2015 President of the International Dickens Fellowship.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198187783 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198187785 |
| Title | Reading Groups |
| Author | Jenny Hartley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2001-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 210 |
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