Necessary American Fictions: Popular Literature of the 1950's - Hardcover
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.
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- PublisherPopular Press 1
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0879723890
- ISBN 13 9780879723897
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages406
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NECESSARY AMERICAN FICTIONS: POPULAR LITERATURE OF THE 1950'S
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