Into America's Dream-Dump
Chipman, Bruce![Into America's Dream-Dump](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/196/19606962/CHSBZCOP0319606962.jpg)
This fascinating study explores the Hollywood novel as a culmination of the American Dream and a symbol of its betrayal. Born of promise and hope yet focused on immediate gratification and profit, Hollywood mirrors the contradictions inherent in the myth of the American Dream. The history of the development of the Hollywood novel reflects the deterioration of the American Dream during the 20th century as it has passed from utopian promise thro...