PUB 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: White Privilege, Pathos, Christopher Little Literary Agency
14 Apr 2020
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Logos -- reason argument (not about who is speaking and without emotion) American dirt controversy (most controversial book of 2020) best seller is a fast seller. Oprah: changes her position; did her position affect the views of the novel. Bob miller: released a statement of apology, ethos and pathos in evaluating the statemen didn"t anticipate the cultural blindness of the novel written by white privilege narrative, thought it was a blockbuster. "the skin we"re in" desmond cole-- next blockbuster novel; out everywhere and a lot of narrative, thought it was a blockbuster. 19 century industrial process: not bound, but glued, paper over board and dust jacket. Mass market paperback: 1930-40: mass distribution for reprints, penguin books (branding), cheap and pocket-sized, condensed texts trade paperback: jason epstein and anchor books. 1990 hardcover: selling original hardcovers like mass market paperbacks and with deep discounting from large format retailers.
