Lolita in Peyton Place : highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow novels of the 1950s /: highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow novels of the 1950s. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ruth Pirsig Wood.
• Other Names: Wood, Ruth Pirsig, 1945-
• Contents: Ch. 1. Lolita in Peyton Place -- Ch. 2. Quintessential Middlebrow: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Does "The Best He Can with the World as He Sees It" -- Ch. 3. The Novel and Its Readership from Descartes to the Mauve Decade -- Ch. 4. The Shape of the Brows -- Ch. 5. Facing War in Fifties Fiction -- Ch. 6. The Divided Self -- Ch. 7. Highbrow, Lowbrow, and the Law -- Ch. 8. Mopping My Brows -- Appendix: The Fifties.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (178 pages)
• Subjects: 813/.5409; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism; Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Best sellers -- United States -- Bibliography; Moral conditions in literature; Social values in literature; Sex role in literature; Ethics in literature; American fiction; Best sellers; Books and reading; Ethics in literature; Literature and society; Moral conditions in literature; Popular literature; Sex role in literature; Social values in literature; Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Littérature populaire -- Etats Unis -- Histoire et critique; Morale -- Dans la littérature; Littérature et société -- Etats Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; Livres et lecture -- Etats Unis -- Histoire; Trivialroman; Geschichte 1950-1960; Trivialroman; United States; USA; USA; Bibliography; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317777496; 1317777492
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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