Mass-market fiction and the crisis of American liberalism, 1972-2017 /

Mass-Market Fiction and the Crisis of American Liberalism, 1972-2017 tracks the transformation of liberal thought in the contemporary United States through the unique lens of the popular paperback. The book focuses on cultural shifts as they appear in works written by some of the most widely-read au...

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Main Author: Blouin, Michael J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Popular Paperbacks and the Transformation of American Liberalism
  • The Reading, Writing and Arithmetic of Mass-Market Fiction
  • Danielle Steel and New Home Economics
  • Michael Crichton and teh Heritage of Invention
  • Tom Clancy and the Liberal Family Tree
  • John Grisham and the New Economy Thriller
  • Dean Koontz and the Problem with Power.