Politics, desire, and the Hollywood novel / Chip Rhodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhodes, Chip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Motion picture industry in literature.

Desire in literature.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--In literature.

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).

West, Nathanael, 1903-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

West, Nathanael.

Schulberg, Budd--Criticism and interpretation.

Schulberg, Budd.

Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959--Criticism and interpretation.

Chandler, Raymond.

Didion, Joan--Criticism and interpretation.

Didion, Joan.

Wagner, Bruce, 1954---Criticism and interpretation.

Wagner, Bruce.

Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013--Criticism and interpretation.

Leonard, Elmore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Politics, Desire, and the Hollywood Novel pays close attention to six authors-Nathanael West, Raymond Chandler, Budd Schulberg, Joan Didion, Bruce Wagner, and Elmore Leonard-who have toiled in the film industry and written to tell about it. More specifically, Rhodes considers both screenplays and novels with an eye toward the different formulations of sexuality, art, and ultimately political action that exist in these two kinds of storytelling.

Contents:

Nathanael West: desire, art, and cynicism

Budd Schulberg: unionism and sadomasochism

Raymond Chandler: individualism and populism

Joan Didion: gender and Lacanian tragedy

Bruce Wagner: double consciousness and the death of desire

Elmore Leonard: realism after the end of ideology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-181) and index.

ISBN:

9781587297557

1587297558

OCLC:

297115957