{"product_id":"broadway-boogie-woogie-damon-runyon-and-the-making-of-new-york-city-culture-9781403967312","title":"Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture","description":"While analyzing Damon Runyon's work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that Runyon was an indispensible figure in creating enduring images of New York City culture, which spurred an interest in the demi-monde and underworld exposed in The Godfather films and The Sopranos. In lively and exuberant chapters that include a panoramic view of New York City between the World Wars--and its colorful 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 artistry of Runyon's fiction, he skillfully examines the special language of the Broadway stories known as \"Runyonese\" and explains how \"Runyonese\" has become an adjective describing flamboyant behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3798579\"\u003eD. Schwarz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781403967312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1403967318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO025000\"\u003eEditors, Journalists, Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004020\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDANIEL 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 \u003cem\u003eImagining the Holocaust\u003c\/em\u003e (1999). His most recent book is \u003cem\u003eRereading Conrad\u003c\/em\u003e (2001). His prior books include \u003cem\u003eReconfiguring Modernism: Explorations in the Relationship Between Modern Art and Modern Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eNarrative and Representation in Wallace Stevens\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eThe Case for a Humanistic Poetics\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), \u003cem\u003eThe Transformation of the English Novel, 1890-1930\u003c\/em\u003e (1989; revised 1995) \u003cem\u003eReading Joyce's 'Ulysses'\u003c\/em\u003e (1987); \u003cem\u003eThe Humanistic Heritage: Critical Theories of the English Novel from James to Hillis Miller\u003c\/em\u003e (1986); \u003cem\u003eConrad: The Later Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (1982); \u003cem\u003eConrad: 'Almayer's Folly' through 'Under Western Eyes'\u003c\/em\u003e (1980); and \u003cem\u003eDisraeli's Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (1979). He has edited \u003cem\u003eThe Dead\u003c\/em\u003e (1994) and \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Sharer\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) in the Bedford Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism Series, and is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eNarrative and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e (1994). He has directed nine NEH seminars, and has lectured widely in the United States and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44520947089645,"sku":"9781403967312","price":82.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ee4b828b-7c3f-423e-8cb5-05116ee56f48.jpg?v=1701283784","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/broadway-boogie-woogie-damon-runyon-and-the-making-of-new-york-city-culture-9781403967312","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}