Hollywood fictions : the dream factory in American popular literature / John Parris Springer.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
c2000
Description:
319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Reproduction Info:
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-312) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Hollywood, Hollywood Fiction, and American Mass Culture -- Ch. 1 Sunshine and Shadow: The Paradox of Hollywood in the 1920s -- Ch. 2 "The Eden of the Movies": The Redemptive Myth of the Hollywood Romance -- Ch. 3 Illusion and Reality: Hollywood and the Peril of Disillusionment -- Ch. 4 Falling Stars: Hollywood Fiction and the Lessons of Stardom -- Ch. 5 "The Most Terrifying Town in the World": Hollywood Fiction of the 1930s -- Ch. 6 One Thousand Dollars a Week: Writers in Hollywood Fiction -- Ch. 7 From Tinseltown to Suckerville: Hollywood Crime Novels of the Thirties and Forties.
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