Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture

Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip-Mining of American Culture

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Author: John F. Thornton

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 332

With vigor, wit, learning, common sense, and urgency, twenty-three essayist?ncluding John Simon, Cynthia Ozick, Phillip Lopate, George F. Kennan, Sven Birkerts, Joseph Epstein, and Brad Leithauser?xamine aspects of our pan-cultural "dumbing down" and offer both diagnoses of and possible cures for this wasting disease.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: John F. Thornton

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 332

With vigor, wit, learning, common sense, and urgency, twenty-three essayist?ncluding John Simon, Cynthia Ozick, Phillip Lopate, George F. Kennan, Sven Birkerts, Joseph Epstein, and Brad Leithauser?xamine aspects of our pan-cultural "dumbing down" and offer both diagnoses of and possible cures for this wasting disease.