Can Catholics read?
The author proves that there is no distinct Catholic reading public in the U.S. He mentions two steps that will verify the statement, one is of which is to check the weekly best-seller list found in the New York "Times" and the other is to examine the catalogs of Catholic publishers. From there, he...
| Publicado en: | America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Vol. 76; no. 19; pp. 521 - 524 |
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| Formato: | Editorial |
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America Media
2/8/1947
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| Sumario: | The author proves that there is no distinct Catholic reading public in the U.S. He mentions two steps that will verify the statement, one is of which is to check the weekly best-seller list found in the New York "Times" and the other is to examine the catalogs of Catholic publishers. From there, he says that the general taste of nationwide readers tend towards the sensational, where there is no evidence of any Catholic influence in its contents. He points out that neither do the catalogs of Catholic publishers contain titles of literary worth. |
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