 | A Novel Marketplace: Mass Culture, the Book Trade, and Postwar American Fiction Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Fiction -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Literature publishing -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Authors and publishers -- United States --; Analyzing novels such as The Sheltering Sky , Fahrenheit 451 , and Peyton Place , Evan Brier reveals how novelists and the book trade positioned their works as antidotes to mid-twentieth-century mass culture, even as new partnerships between publishers and mass-culture institutions contributed to the success of these writings. Evan Brier teaches English at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. |
