The American Dream and the Popular NovelRoutledge, 23.10.2017 - 256 Seiten This title, originally published in 1985, examines conceptions of success and the good life expressed in bestselling novels – ranging from historical sagas and spy thrillers to more serious works by Updike, Bellows, Steinbeck and Mailer – published from 1945 to 1975. Using these popular books as cultural evidence, Elizabeth Long argues that the meaning of the American dream has changed dramatically, but in a more complex fashion than has been recognised by that country’s most prominent social critics. Her study presents a challenge to prevailing social-scientific views of contemporary American culture, and represents, both in theory and method, an important contribution to the study of culture and social criticism. |
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... corporate-suburban compromise Bestselling novels 1956–1968: the varieties of self-fulfillment - the goal achieved Bestselling novels 1969–1975: the failure of success The social critics Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index ...
... group of novels to elucidate thematic parameters and variations; in others, I have concentrated on one particularly ... corporate-suburban' pattern emerges: work and family-centered leisure are seen as conflicting priorities. Later ...
... corporate-suburban terms: the hero faces a limited universe in which he must integrate disparate roles and rewards, and chooses a balanced life and familial happiness over single-minded vocational dedication. This represents a new ...
... suburban backgrounds in 1975 than was the case in 1945. Moreover, suppose more well-educated and urban-born authors ... group of authors with a specific kind of message to be published. Similarly, the assumptions on which this study ...
... corporate parents. Moreover, perhaps because some sectors of publishing were ... suburban bookstores are accounting for an increased percentage of trade book ... suburban shopping malls. Yet they have also removed any taint of high ...
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from entrepreneurial adventure | |
the varieties of selffulfillment | |
the failure of success | |
The social critics | |
Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |