02585nam 2200589 a 450 991045406170332120210910163316.01-58729-755-8(CKB)1000000000704730(EBL)843265(OCoLC)297115957(SSID)ssj0000224196(PQKBManifestationID)11174351(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224196(PQKBWorkID)10209877(PQKB)11104028(MiAaPQ)EBC843265(MdBmJHUP)muse8991(Au-PeEL)EBL843265(CaPaEBR)ebr10354450(EXLCZ)99100000000070473020070829d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitics, desire, and the Hollywood novel[electronic resource] /Chip RhodesIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20081 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-629-2 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.Politics, Desire, and the Hollywood Novel pays close attention to six authors-Nathanael West, Raymond Chandler, Budd Schulberg, Joan Didion, Bruce Wagner, and Elmore Leonard-who have toiled in the film industry and written to tell about it. More specifically, Rhodes considers both screenplays and novels with an eye toward the different formulations of sexuality, art, and ultimately political action that exist in these two kinds of storytelling.American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismMotion picture industry in literatureDesire in literatureHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)In literatureElectronic books.American fictionHistory and criticism.Motion picture industry in literature.Desire in literature.813/.509353Rhodes Chip1050251MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454061703321Politics, desire, and the Hollywood novel2479895UNINA