The American Roadside in Émigré Literature, Film, and Photography : 1955–1985 /: 1955–1985. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elsa Court.
• Authors: Court, Elsa
• Contents: Chapter One: Introduction By the Way: The Roadside as Other Space.- Chapter Two: 'Stationary Trivialities': Life on the Margins in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (1955).- Chapter Three: 'Roadside Eye': Accidents and Epiphanies in Robert Frank's The Americans (1958).- Chapter Four: 'We're all in our private traps': Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and the Decline of the American Motel.- Chapter Five: Roadside Chronicles: Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas (1984).- Chapter Six: Conclusion: America Revisited.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Subjects: Literature; Literary Criticism -- American -- General; Literary Criticism -- Semiotics & Theory; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; History -- Social History; Literature: history & criticism; Literary theory; Films, cinema; Social & cultural history; Literary studies: from c 1900; Literature, Modern--20th century; America--Literatures; Literature--Philosophy; Motion pictures--History; Civilization--History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030367336
• Related ISBNs: 9783030367329
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.