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Peyton Place Paperback Grace Metalious
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- Northeastern University Press
- ISBN
- 9781555534004
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Northeastern University Press
ISBN-10
1555534007
ISBN-13
9781555534004
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103005178
Product Key Features
Book Title
Peyton Place
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Popular Culture, Women's Studies
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Social Science, Fiction
Book Series
Hardscrabble Bks.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-053350
Dewey Edition
18
Reviews
a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace] Metalious has lasted as a force in American life., "Ten years ago, Ardis Cameron, a professor at the University of Southern Maine, was astonished to discover the title was out of print, and mounted a one-woman campaign to resurrect it. She eventually persuaded Northeastern University Press to reissue the novel, and wrote a Camille Paglia-worthy introduction that casts Grace as a literary Joan of Arc, sword drawn, swinging at the oppressive social conventions of the 50s. The book, says Cameron, "spoke about things that were not discussed in polite society, and allowed people to talk about all sorts of issues -- but particularly their own sense of being different in the 1950s."- Vanity Fair, "The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted daysÑhasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rugÑbut they're still around. And debated." ÑCourier-Gazette (ME), "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace] Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."--Washington Times, "The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days -- hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug -- but they're still around. And debated." --Courier-Gazette (ME), The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days--hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug--but they're still around. And debated., "Ten years ago, Ardis Cameron, a professor at the University of Southern Maine, was astonished to discover the title was out of print, and mounted a one-woman campaign to resurrect it. She eventually persuaded Northeastern University Press to reissue the novel, and wrote a Camille Paglia-worthy introduction that casts Grace as a literary Joan of Arc, sword drawn, swinging at the oppressive social conventions of the 50s. The book, says Cameron, "spoke about things that were not discussed in polite society, and allowed people to talk about all sorts of issues -- but particularly their own sense of being diffferent in the 1950s."--Vanity Fair, "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace] Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."- Washington Times, "The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days-hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug-but they're still around. And debated." -Courier-Gazette (ME), The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days-hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug-but they're still around. And debated., "Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it."ÑThe Independent, "Ten years ago, Ardis Cameron, a professor at the University of Southern Maine, was astonished to discover the title was out of print, and mounted a one-woman campaign to resurrect it. She eventually persuaded Northeastern University Press to reissue the novel, and wrote a Camille Paglia-worthy introduction that casts Grace as a literary Joan of Arc, sword drawn, swinging at the oppressive social conventions of the 50s. The book, says Cameron, "spoke about things that were not discussed in polite society, and allowed people to talk about all sorts of issues -- but particularly their own sense of being different in the 1950s."-Vanity Fair, "Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it.", "Ten years ago, Ardis Cameron, a professor at the University of Southern Maine, was astonished to discover the title was out of print, and mounted a one-woman campaign to resurrect it. She eventually persuaded Northeastern University Press to reissue the novel, and wrote a Camille Paglia-worthy introduction that casts Grace as a literary Joan of Arc, sword drawn, swinging at the oppressive social conventions of the 50s. The book, says Cameron, "spoke about things that were not discussed in polite society, and allowed people to talk about all sorts of issues -- but particularly their own sense of being different in the 1950s."--Vanity Fair, "The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days-hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug-but they're still around. And debated." - Courier-Gazette (ME), Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it., "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace] Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."-Washington Times, "Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it."- The Independent, "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace] Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."-- Washington Times "Ten years ago, Ardis Cameron, a professor at the University of Southern Maine, was astonished to discover the title was out of print, and mounted a one-woman campaign to resurrect it. She eventually persuaded Northeastern University Press to reissue the novel, and wrote a Camille Paglia-worthy introduction that casts Grace as a literary Joan of Arc, sword drawn, swinging at the oppressive social conventions of the 50s. The book, says Cameron, "spoke about things that were not discussed in polite society, and allowed people to talk about all sorts of issues -- but particularly their own sense of being different in the 1950s."-- Vanity Fair "The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days--hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug--but they're still around. And debated." -- Courier-Gazette (ME) "Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it."-- The Independent "Peyton Place, six decades on. In 1999 Northeastern University Press reissued it in its Hardscrabble Books line of novels devoted to New England. It remains in print today, ever reproachful--and ever steamy."-- Kirkus "Peyton Place is hot, even by today's standards. Everything, including the trees, seem to heave with sexuality."-- Sunday (Concord) Monitor "It's the perfect . . . sit back and relax read."-- The Courier Gazette (ME) "Grace Metalious' 1956 novel book brings themes of class privilege, sexual desire and hypocrisy. In revealing the hidden secrets behind the straight-laced facade of a quaint New England town, the book rocked the region's stuffy reputation."-- Associated Press "More than perhaps any other New England novel, Peyton Place entered the American lexicon . . . Peyton Place is now being acknowledged as a book that destroyed Northern New England's facade of moral uprightness while simultaneously reinventing book publishing . . . Peyton Place is as relevant now as it was 50 years ago."-- Valley News, "The most pointful thing about rereading this book is the fact that what was clear and present and shocking in those benighted days--hasn't gone away. Sure, the questions are being dealt with instead of shoved under a rug--but they're still around. And debated." --Courier-Gazette (ME), "Ten years ago, Ardis Cameron, a professor at the University of Southern Maine, was astonished to discover the title was out of print, and mounted a one-woman campaign to resurrect it. She eventually persuaded Northeastern University Press to reissue the novel, and wrote a Camille Paglia-worthy introduction that casts Grace as a literary Joan of Arc, sword drawn, swinging at the oppressive social conventions of the 50s. The book, says Cameron, "spoke about things that were not discussed in polite society, and allowed people to talk about all sorts of issues -- but particularly their own sense of being different in the 1950s.", "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace] Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."ÑWashington Times, "Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it."-The Independent, "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."--Washington Times, "a rip-roaring good yarn. If the term 'page turner' has any complimentary meaning, it applies here...[Grace Metalious has lasted as a force in American life."-Washington Times, "Metalious is well on her way to academic respectability, too. Ardis Cameron, an English professor at the University of Southern Maine, helped get Peyton Place back between soft covers a few years ago with an introduction describing it as "America's first blockbuster" and a key to understanding both the stifling cultural conformity of the 1950s and the first stirrings of rebellion against it."--The Independent
Dewey Decimal
823/.9/1
Synopsis
When Grace Metalious's debut novel about the dark underside of a small, respectable New England town was published in 1956, it quickly soared to the top of the bestseller lists. A landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, Peyton Place spawned a successful feature film and a long-running television series--the first prime-time soap opera. Contemporary readers of Peyton Place will be captivated by its vivid characters, earthy prose, and shocking incidents. Through her riveting, uninhibited narrative, Metalious skillfully exposes the intricate social anatomy of a small community, examining the lives of its people--their passions and vices, their ambitions and defeats, their passivity or violence, their secret hopes and kindnesses, their cohesiveness and rigidity, their struggles, and often their courage. This new paperback edition of Peyton Place features an insightful introduction by Ardis Cameron that thoroughly examines the novel's treatment of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and power, and considers the book's influential place in American and New England literary history., When Grace Metalious's debut novel about the dark underside of a small, respectable New England town was published in 1956, it quickly soared to the top of the bestseller lists. A landmark in twentieth-century American popular culture, Peyton Place spawned a successful feature film and a long-running television series--the first prime-time soap opera.Contemporary readers of Peyton Place will be captivated by its vivid characters, earthy prose, and shocking incidents. Through her riveting, uninhibited narrative, Metalious skillfully exposes the intricate social anatomy of a small community, examining the lives of its people--their passions and vices, their ambitions and defeats, their passivity or violence, their secret hopes and kindnesses, their cohesiveness and rigidity, their struggles, and often their courage.This new paperback edition of Peyton Place features an insightful introduction by Ardis Cameron that thoroughly examines the novel's treatment of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and power, and considers the book's influential place in American and New England literary history.
LC Classification Number
PS3525.E77P4 1999
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- y***3 (293)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe package arrived in a timely manner. It came packed nicely in a sturdy box. The book is as described by the seller! Its a wonderful value! I would purchase from seller again given the opportunity!Easton Press Tristam Shandy by Laurence Sterne 100 Greatest Books Collector 1980 (#315494971631)
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- 29 Jun, 2021
Been wanting to read this book for years, Great Title, Great Book, Great Movie. Book is very well written!
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- 11 Mar, 2025
For a once banned book, this is very tame! Thereafter issue seems to be with women discussing sex, societal roles, happiness. Read it!
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- 15 Mar, 2018
GREAT book
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- 28 Jan, 2023
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- y***3 (293)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe package arrived in a timely manner. It came packed nicely in a sturdy box. The book is as described by the seller! Its a wonderful value! I would purchase from seller again given the opportunity!Easton Press Tristam Shandy by Laurence Sterne 100 Greatest Books Collector 1980 (#315494971631)
- b***i (157)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem shipped quick and packaged very well. Exactly as described in original packaging. A+ seller!Kai Stainless Steel Tailoring Shears Professional Model 7300 12” Tool (#316147297829)
- h***a (407)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseAmazing condition for its age. Packaging had no protection so it got a little dented, but overall that's what the case is for.