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Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Collectible 1957, 1st Edition, published pror to use of ISBN numbers. Steel gray linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed green. PO stamp to front cover verso. Vintage late 1950's look at popular media & culture in which sports l dominated. Academic poet & author Reuel Denney (1913 - 1995) tell us the book is ". about the popular culture of mass media, sports & advertisements". The title, with subtle wit, is borrowed from Emerson --- "The astonished Muse finds thousands at her side" ---with contents inspired by commentator of Amercian society, David Riesman (1909 - 2002). A look at mass media as the chief balm of uncommitted time, or leisure hours. in the U.S. during the late 1950's & consequent social behavior. 264 pgs in12 chapters. Seller Inventory # 000072
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE ASTONISHED MUSE
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition, First Thus
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