A01=John G. Cawelti
adventure
aesthetics
agatha christie
american
archetype
art
Author_John G. Cawelti
black men
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Category=DSK
chandler
class
classics
cowboy
crime
cultural studies
detection
detective fiction
dime novels
dorothy sayers
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eq_biography-true-stories
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eq_non-fiction
fantasy
fenimore cooper
formulaic literature
genre
georges simenon
godfather
golden age
hammett
hardboiled
highbrow
irving wallace
jewish
john ford
literary formulas
lobrow
mass media
melodrama
mystery
nation
national identity
nick of the woods
popular culture
race
romance
spillane
virginian
westerns
ws hart
zane grey
Product details
- ISBN 9780226098678
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 15 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jul 1977
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy Sayers's The Nine Tailors, and Owen Wister's The Virginian in the light of his hypotheses about the cultural function of formula literature. He describes the most important artistic characteristics of popular formula stories and the differences between this literature and that commonly labeled "high" or "serious" literature. He also defines the archetypal patterns of adventure, mystery, romance, melodrama, and fantasy, and offers a tentative account of their basis in human psychology.
