Necessary American Fictions: Popular Literature of the 1950s

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.

Author: William Darby
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 06/01/1987
Pages: 406
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780879723903