About this title: This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. Such prizes and the competitions they crown are almost as old as the arts themselves, but their number and power - and their consequences for society and culture at large - have expanded to an unprecedented ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780674018846ISBN:0674018842
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0674018842. 1.57 x 8.19 x 5.75 Inches; 432 pages; This is a book about one of the great untold stories of modern cultural life: the remarkable ascendancy of prizes in literature and the arts. Such prizes and the competitions they crown are almost as old as the arts themselves, but their number and power--and their consequences for society and culture at large--have expanded to an unprecedented degree in our day. In a wide-ranging overview of this phenomenon, James ... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-09-15
ISBN-13:9780674030435ISBN:0674030435
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780674018846ISBN:0674018842
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 409 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780674018846ISBN:0674018842
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 362 pages. (362 pages) in the wild proliferation of prizes, english finds a key to transformations in the cultural field as a whole. 17halftones (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2005-11-15
ISBN-13:9780674018846ISBN:0674018842
Description: New. NEW. NO remainder markings. In a nice dj as well. Brand new book perfect inside and out. Purchase and help a youth pastor with three daughters. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780674018846ISBN:0674018842
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. no writing, marks, or creases. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 409 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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