{"product_id":"common-reading-critics-historians-publics-9780199569793","title":"Common Reading: Critics, Historians, Publics","description":"In this series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Collini focuses on critics and historians who wrote for a non-specialist readership, and on the periodicals and other genres through which they attempted to reach that readership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the critics discussed are Cyril Connolly, V.S. Pritchett, Aldous Huxley, Rebecca West, Edmund Wilson, and George Orwell, while the historians include A.L. Rowse, Arthur Bryant, E.H. Carr, and E.P. Thompson. There are also essays on wider themes such as the fate of 'general' periodicals, the history of reading, the role of criticism, changing conceptions of 'culture', the limitations of biography, and the functions of universities. Explicitly addressed to 'the non-specialist reader', these essays make some of the fruits of detailed scholarly research in various fields available to a wider audience in a succinct and elegant manner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stefan Collini has been acclaimed as one of the most brilliant essayists of our time, and this collection shows him at his subtle, perceptive, and trenchant best. The book will appeal to (and delight) readers interested in literature, history, and contemporary cultural debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Collini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199569793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStefan Collini\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare Hall. A frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and other periodicals both in Britain and the USA, his previous books include \u003cem\u003ePublic Moralists\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), \u003cem\u003eMatthew Arnold: a Critical Portrait\u003c\/em\u003e (1994, reissued 2007), \u003cem\u003eEnglish Pasts\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), and \u003cem\u003eAbsent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), all also published by Oxford University Press. He is a Fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44436225589363,"sku":"9780199569793","price":87.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_86a7d68e-3dff-417c-89d0-9a8b718071ab.jpg?v=1772894799","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/common-reading-critics-historians-publics-9780199569793","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}