Unbuttoning America
Subtitle: a biography of "Peyton Place"
By: Ardis Cameron
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780801453649
Subjects: Books and reading; Sex in literature; Literature and society; Popular literature; History and criticism; History
Description: In this lively account of the writing, publication, and legacy of the 1956 bestselling novel, Peyton Place, Ardis Cameron tells how the story of a patricide in a small New England village became a cultural phenomenon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : small talk; title: The novel truth; title: The sheep pen murder; title: Scenes of writing; title: The other side of writing; title: The gendered eye; title: Sex talk; title: The women of Peyton Place; title: Excitable fictions; title: Epilogue : memento mori.