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Morris Dickstein

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March 24, 2021

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Morris Dickstein is Distinguished Professor of English and Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center and the author of Gates of Eden and Leopards in the Temple, among other works. He lives in New York City. " ...more

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Ripped from the Headlines: Reality Cinema

First published in Dissent (Summer 2016)

Hollywood has always had a strong appetite for fact yet a curiously lax attitude in channeling it. The typical biopic, for example, focused on celebrated figures from Abraham Lincoln to Cole Porter, tended to be sloppy and selective, riddled with crowd-pleasing cliché, more about the myth than the man. After 1934 the Production Code, the industry’s self-cens

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Morris Dickstein’s books

Average rating: 3.61 · 1,908 ratings · 283 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression 3.28 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gates of Eden: American Culture in the Sixties 3.50 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction 1945-1970 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mirror in the Roadway: Literature and the Real World 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Revival of Pragmatism: New Essays on Social Thought, Law & Culture by Morris Dickstein, Stanley Fish (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Agent: The Critic and Society 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Gatsby by Morris Dickstein (editor), Morris Dicksten 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Baldwin 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keats and His Poetry: A Study in Development really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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