Rhodes, Chip.

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.


Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--In literature.


Electronic books.

PS374.H55 / R47 2008

813/.509353