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Necessary American fictions : popular literature of the 1950s / William Darby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Darby, William, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Popular literature--United States.
- Popular literature.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, [1987]
- Summary:
- William Darby gives us a comprehensive and (mostly) sympathetic reading of over fifty novels and a few movies from the 1950s. He examines titles such as Mandingo, The Invisible Man, I the Jury, Catcher in the Rye, Battle Cry, The Caine Mutiny, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Manchurian Candidate, Hawaii, The Bramble Bush, Peyton Place, Ten North Frederick, A Stone for Danny Fisher, The Bad Seed, Not as a Stranger, The Blackboard Jungle, From Here to Eternity, and Compulsion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 380-383.
- ISBN:
- 0879723890
- 0879723904
- OCLC:
- 16265200
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