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Runyon was tailor-made for New York City, which he draped with memorable characters, such as Harry the . The focus on Runyon is an apt vehicle for Schwarz's larger goal of writing a book about the culture of New York City. Frank Heron, The Syracuse Post-Standard

Runyon was tailor-made for New York City, which he draped with memorable characters, such as Harry the Horse, Sky Masterson, Dave the Dude, and Apple Annie. Runyon was a good listener, Schwarz says. That allowed him to absorb the tone of the times. He told people what New York was about. Frank Heron, The Syracuse Post-Standard. summarizes and discusses the vast oeuvre of Damon Runyon's fiction.

BROADWAY BOOGIE WOOGIE situates Runyon's stories and reportage in their New York, circa 1929-1946, context and tells us why Runyon's work still matters. The seriousness and skill that Schwarz used in earlier books to examine the writings of High Modernism (Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Wallace Stevens) he uses here to illuminate the "wiseguy" world of BROADWAY BOOGIE WOOGIE. With insight and compassion Schwarz re-visits this world of gamblers, gangsters, swindlers, womanizers, and cheats and looks at America's ever present yearning to "take a walk on the wild side.

Runyon was tailor-made for New York City, which he draped with memorable characters, such as Harry the Horse . The roots of these subjects in Runyon's own life and the influence of his representation of New York City on later writers are important themes.

Runyon was tailor-made for New York City, which he draped with memorable characters, such as Harry the Horse, Sky Masterson, Dave the Dude, and Apple Annie.

Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 - Criticism and interpretation, Runyon, Damon .

Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 - Criticism and interpretation, Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 - Contributions in journalism, Criminals in literature, Crime in literature, Broadway (New York, . - In literature, New York (. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan.

While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of. .

While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New York City culture, including our interest in the demi-monde and underworld that explains in part the success of The Godfather films and The Sopranos

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Includes bibliographical references (p. -339) and index. Personal Name: Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 Criticism and interpretation. Download book Broadway boogie woogie : Damon Runyon and the making of New York City culture, Daniel R. Schwarz

Includes bibliographical references (p. Personal Name: Runyon, Damon, 1880-1946 Contributions in journalism. Geographic Name: Broadway (New York, . Geographic Name: New York (. Rubrics: Criminals in literature Crime in literature. Schwarz.

Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture.

Broadway Boogie Woogie : Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture. by Daniel R.

Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer

Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer.