Politics, desire, and the Hollywood novel [electronic resource] /
Chip Rhodes.
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2008.
- 190 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-181) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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- --Criticism and interpretation.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Motion picture industry in literature. Desire in literature.