Anne Fadiman: Never Do That to a Book

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What larger distinction among readers does Fadiman seem to be making here? Her sympathies are clear. Which camp do you find more sympathetic? Why?

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Increasingly, there is a distinction between readers of “physical” books and those of electronic books. How might differences among these readers relate to the attitudes of “carnal” and “courtly” book lovers?

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Think of two groups of people who approach a particular activity in completely different ways. Use these groups as the subject of your own essay focusing on contrasts.

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