Broadway Boogie Woogie

Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture
2003. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-312-23948-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New York City culture, including our interest in the demi-monde and underworld that explains in part the success of The Godfather films and The Sopranos . In his lively and exuberant chapters that include a panoramic view of New York City between the World Wars - with a focus on its colourful nightlife - Schwarz examines virtually every facet of Runyon's career from sports writer, daily columnist, trial reporter, and Hollywood figure to the author of the still widely-read short stories that were the source of the Broadway hit Guys and Dolls . As part of his discussion of Runyon's art and the artistry of Runyon's fiction, Schwarz skilfully examines the special language of the Broadway stories known as 'Runyonese', and explains how 'Runyonese' has become an adjective for describing flamboyant behaviour.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwarz, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Runyon's New York: Historical Contexts and Fictional Universe The Eyes and Ears of the City: Runyon's Collected Journalism Runyon's Trial Reporting and the Spectator Culture The Art and Artistry of Runyon's Fiction 5Noir and Sentiment: The Genres of Runyon's Fiction (I) Gangsters, Gamblers, and the Demi-monde: The Genres of Runyon's Fiction (II) The Turps: Domesticity in Brooklyn

Über Autor(innen)

DANIEL R. SCHWARZ is Professor of English and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1968. He has received Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences Russell award for distinguished teaching. He is the author of the widely read (1999). His most recent book is (2001). His prior books include (1997), (1993), (1991), (1989; revised 1995) (1987); (1986); (1982); (1980); and (1979). He has edited (1994) and (1997) in the Bedford Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism Series, and is co-editor of (1994). He has directed nine NEH seminars, and has lectured widely in the United States and abroad.