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Politics, desire, and the Hollywood novel /

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Main Author: Rhodes, Chip
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2008]
Subjects:
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Motion picture industry in literature.
Desire in literature.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > In literature.
West, Nathanael, > 1903-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Schulberg, Budd > Criticism and interpretation.
Chandler, Raymond, > 1888-1959 > Criticism and interpretation.
Didion, Joan > Criticism and interpretation.
Wagner, Bruce, > 1954- > Criticism and interpretation.
Leonard, Elmore, > 1925-2013 > Criticism and interpretation.
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Table of 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.