Stone, steel, and jazz, by J.A. Kouwenhoven.
Literature in an organization society, by W.H. Whyte, Jr.
Our changing ideals, as seen on TV, by N. Podhoretz.
Primitivism in The family of man, by J. Barzun.
The "western": definition of the myth, by J. Williams.
Reactors of the imagination, by R. Denney.
The detective story as a historical source, by W.O. Aydelotte.
The gangster as tragic hero, by R. Warshow.
Pornography is not enough, by E. Larrabee.
The rebirth of the musical, from the Times literary supplement.
From Children of Thoth, by R. Denney.
History on the silver screen, by G. Highet.
From The film, by A. Hunt.
The witness point, by V. Young.
Comedy's greatest era, by J. Agee.
The twentieth-century best-seller, by P.N. Furbank.
The aesthetics of the popular arts, by A. Kaplan.
Additional questions for composition, research, and further discussion.
A selected bibliography (p. 351-356)