... and fantasy(Benson, 1434-35) Sam Selvon is one of the important writers who contributed to the remarkable development of West Indian fiction in the 1950s and 1960s. Within recent years his work has been critically examined by scholars from several countries. To date he ... has published ten novels and written two screenplays, numerous short stories, several books of fiction for children, and many plays for radio and television. But even if he had written nothing else, A Brighter Sun (1952) and The ... balanced realism that skirts completely the depressing passion of the naturalist nove...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... War on American popular culture in the 1950s is very clear. "As true today, popular culture in the 1950s meant primarily movies, television programs, and recorded music as well as fiction, drama, and even fashion and comics." The Cold War is the name given to the tensions and arms race that occurred between the United States and the Soviet Union in ... was "the detective's hairy-chested heroics would have made such novels enormously popular even if they had been devoid of any explicit politics, but the overt anti-communism of Spillane's fiction engraved it with the signature of the peri...

• Word Count: 1556
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... contained..." (7). Analysis: Gifted with a talent and dedicated with a passion for writing, Briony uses this ability throughout the novel to document her comprehension of events in her lifetime, truth and fiction. Since childhood, she has been aware of such power hidden within the ink and strokes of the pen. As a writer, Briony uses her understanding of the complete and utter control ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... enters American popular culture through the medium of film, the modern viewer is gradually becoming desensitised to the horrors of war. Some critics argue the case that the use of fiction, drama and other story-telling devices in effectually trivialising war for the purpose of entertainment (Hochberg, 2000. pg 87). In 1998, an Italian language film, Life is Beautiful won a number ... ...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate