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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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.5409Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |