Robert McParland

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books

Native Sons to King's Men- The Literary Landscape of 1940s America

Citizen Steinbeck Published

Beyond Gatsby: How Fitzgerald, Hemingway and the Writers of the 1920s Shaped American Culture. Published April 1, 2015. Now available.

Robert McParland's essay on Quadrophenia "To the Sea and Sand" appears in the recently published The Who and Philosophy, edited by Rocco Gennaro and Casey Harison.

Mark Twain's Audience

Mark Twain's Audience offers a cultural history of late nineteenth century America through the responses of Mark Twain's readers to his writings.

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books Now Published - December 15, 2018

"Politics and Social Justice on a Four Way Street" in Washington, D.C.

March 26, 2013

Tags: lecture, panel presentation

Robert McParland will speak on a panel at the American Popular Culture conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, March 28, at 8:30 P.M..

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Film and Literary Modernism

March 2, 2013

Tags: Film Studies, Literary Modernism

Film and Literary Modernism now can be pre-ordered at Barnes and Noble, Amazon (U.S. and Canada), and the publisher's website. It has been catalogued at the British Library. Publication will be this month.

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Selected Works

History; Bestselling Books; Literature

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books

America's favorite books across the past 100 years are discussed in this new book published on December 15, 2018.

Music

Science Fiction in Classic Rock

Science fiction and mythology have often been present in the imagery, lyrics, and sound of progressive rock music and in other styles of rock music. This book looks at the work of David Bowie, ELO, Alan Parsons, ELP, Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, and other bands.