Robert McParland

The People We Meet In Stories

ROCK MUSIC IMAGINATION is now available in paperback.

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books

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 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.

NEW BOOKS ON POPULAR MUSIC

Robert McParland's newest books are Rock Music Icons and Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s: 150+ Profiles. Also published in 2022 was Cultural Memory, Consciousness, and the Modernist Novel. The People We Meet in Stories: Literary Characters of the 1950s, published in 2020 is also available. Discover these books at your local library, at Rowman and Littlefield, or on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online booksellers.

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books Published December 2018

December 15, 2018

Tags: history, bestselling books, American literature, popular culture

Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books is a cultural study of America and American popular culture seen through the bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles from 1900 to 2018. This book is a reference volume that investigates the responses of readers, lists all top bestselling books, discusses publication trends, and provides biographical sketches of bestselling authors.

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SINGER-SONGWRITERS OF THE 1970s- 150 PROFILES is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, McFarland Books, and other online booksellers. It will appear in September 2022.

New Book: Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s available September 2022.

Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s (Now Available for Pre-Order) is expected in September 2022.

Selected Works

Literature and Cultural History

Beyond Gatsby: How Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Other Writers Shaped the 1920s

Beyond Gatsby discusses Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and other American writers of the 1920s.

Mark Twain's Audience

Reader response, book history, and American cultural history.

Charles Dickens’s American Audience

This is the first study of Dickens’s American readers and audience for his American readings.Bela Kornitzer Award Winner.

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 book.

Cultural History-Literary Criticism-Critical Biography

Native Sons to King's Men: The Literary Landscape of the 1940s

The 1940s, a time of war and a generation's great effort, is discussed in this cultural history through the novels of the era.

History; Literary Criticism

Citizen Steinbeck: Giving Voice to the People

Citizen Steinbeck covers the career and works of American author John Steinbeck.

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.

Music and Literary Modernism