Weingarten, Marc

The gang that wouldn't write straight : Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, and the New Journalism revolution electronic resource Marc Weingarten. - 1st ed. - New York Crown Publishers 2005 - 325 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

1. Radical lit : some roots of a revolution -- 2. The great American magazine -- 3. King James and the man in the ice cream suit -- 4. Tom Wolfe on acid -- 5. The center cannot hold -- 6. Madras outlaw -- 7. Into the abyss -- 8. Hell sucks -- 9. History as a novel, the novel as history -- 10. The king of New York -- 11. Savage journeys -- 12. Fun with Dick and George -- 13. Vulgarian at the gate -- Epilogue : after the ball.


Mailer, Norman - Criticism and interpretation
Journalism - United States - History - 20th century
Wolfe, Tom - Criticism and interpretation
Reportage literature, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Didion, Joan - Criticism and interpretation

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