The Kennedy obsession
Hellmann, John
The Kennedy obsession the American myth of JFK John Hellmann. - New York Columbia University Press c1997. - xvi, 206 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.
A bedside visit -- How Kennedy awoke: Jack's reading and Why England slept -- John Hersey's "Survival": a literary experiment and its political adaptation -- The old man and the boy: Papa Hemingway and Profiles in courage -- The Hollywood screen and Kennedy's televised showdown with Truman -- The erotics of a presidency -- An assassination and its fictions.
The author explores the mythology that grew up around John F. Kennedy who "was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideals."--Jacket.
0231107986 (acid-free paper) 9780231107983 (acid-free paper)
96038203
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Mythevorming.
E 842 .1 / .H44 1997
973.922/092
The Kennedy obsession the American myth of JFK John Hellmann. - New York Columbia University Press c1997. - xvi, 206 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193) and index.
A bedside visit -- How Kennedy awoke: Jack's reading and Why England slept -- John Hersey's "Survival": a literary experiment and its political adaptation -- The old man and the boy: Papa Hemingway and Profiles in courage -- The Hollywood screen and Kennedy's televised showdown with Truman -- The erotics of a presidency -- An assassination and its fictions.
The author explores the mythology that grew up around John F. Kennedy who "was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideals."--Jacket.
0231107986 (acid-free paper) 9780231107983 (acid-free paper)
96038203
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Mythevorming.
E 842 .1 / .H44 1997
973.922/092