Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture

by Daniel R. Schwarz and Daniel R. Schwarz

Book Overview

While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New York City culture, including our interest in the demi-monde and underworld that explains in part the success of The Godfather films and The Sopranos . In his lively and exuberant chapters that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312239483
• ISBN13: 9780312239480
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.7"