| Necessary American Fictions: Popular Literature of the 1950s Contributor(s): Darby, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879723904 ISBN-13: 9780879723903 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 813.540 |
| LCCN: 86073250 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 406 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |