The Hollywood Novel: A Critical Guide to Over 1200 Works with Film-related Themes Or Characters, 1912 Through 1994
- ISBN-10
- 0786400447
- ISBN-13
- 9780786400447
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Author
- Anthony Slide
Description
Since first appearing in Victor Appleton's children's novel Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera (1912), film-related characters or themes have shown up in a variety of fiction genres, such as historical novels, romance novels, mysteries and thrillers.
The Hollywood Novel is the first book-length critical and historical guide to this genre. Analyzed are not only novels specifically set within the Hollywood film industry, but also those with film-related characters (real or fictional), and film-related settings anywhere in the world. Arranged alphabetically by author, individual entries for over 1,200 English-language works provide bibliographic data, a brief synopsis that sets the author's work in context, and a critical examination. (Authors and titles are also listed chronologically for easy reference.) Also featured are the first-ever bibliographies of television and radio novels.
