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April 17, 2012 - 4:43pm — Bibliofuture

The books analyzed

James W. Hall, a university English professor, recruited a group of students to read (or re-read) twelve super-bestsellers, novels that sold millions even before movies were made of them (and movies were made of all twelve of these books). They analyzed the books the way they normally deconstruct Henry James or Jane Austen classics.

The 12 books that are analyzed in Hit Lit are:

The Bridges of Madison County

The Da Vinci Code

The Dead Zone

The Exorcist

The Firm

The Godfather

Gone with the Wind

The Hunt for Red October

Jaws

To Kill a Mockingbird

Peyton Place

Valley of the Dolls

April 18, 2012 - 12:12pm — opaqueentity

Good choices

'They analyzed the books the way they normally deconstruct Henry James or Jane Austen classics'

I found that doing that with 'great books' actually lessened their impact on me and actually messed up future enjoyment.
Same with poetry. Sometimes you just need to enjoy things without thinking too hard :)

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