The American Dream and the Popular Novel

by Elizabeth Long

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138105767
• ISBN13: 9781138105768
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"