Unbuttoning America a biography of "Peyton Place"
Published in 1956, Peyton Place became a bestseller and a literary phenomenon. A lurid and gripping story of murder, incest, female desire, and social injustice, it was consumed as avidly by readers as it was condemned by critics and the clergy. Its author, Grace Metalious, a housewife who grew up i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009805239306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : small talk
- The novel truth
- The sheep pen murder
- Scenes of writing
- The other side of writing
- The gendered eye
- Sex talk
- The women of Peyton Place
- Excitable fictions
- Epilogue : memento mori.
