Author: Nye, Russel B.
Title: The Unembarrassed Muse: The Popular Arts in America.
Description: NY: The Dial Press, 1970. 1970. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt, in a price-clipped dw. Lightly bumped; spine slightly faded; dw chipped with spine partially faded. [x] & 497 pp. B&W illustrations. Very good in a good dw.

First edition.

This contribution to the Bicentennial series "Two Centuries of American Life" covers theater, fiction--including westerns, detective novels and science fiction--the pulps, comic strips, poular music, radio and television, and movies. Very good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; SOCIAL HISTORY; ENTERTAINMENT; POPULAR ARTS; PERFORMING ARTS; LITERATURE; THEATER; FICTION; WESTERNS; DETECTIVE NOVELS; SCIENCE FICTION; PULPS; COMIC STRIPS; MUSIC; POPULAR MUSIC; RADIO; TELEVISION; MOVIES; RUSSEL B. NYE; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST E

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