M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature and theory, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood, 1994), Joyce, Bakhtin, and the Literary Tradition (1996), A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism (1996), Colonial Power, Colonial Texts: India in the Modern British Novel (1997), The African Novel in English (Heinemann, 1998), The Modern British Novel of the Left (Greenwood, 1998), The Modern American Novel of the Left (Greenwood, 1999), Film and the American Left (Greenwood, 1999), Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism (Greenwood, 2000), and Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War (Greenwood, 2001).

• Introduction: America as Utopia--Or Not "Soiled, Torn, and Dead": The Bleak Vision of American Literary Fiction of the Long 1950s Un-American Activities: American Realism and the Utopian Imagination in Leftist Fiction of the Long 1950s Monsters, Cowboys, and Criminals: Jim Thompson and the Dark Turn in American Popular Culture in the Long 1950s American Film in the Long 1950s: From Hitchcock to Disney Postscript: Utopia, Postmodernism, and the Cold War Works Cited Index

M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature and theory, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood, 1994), Joyce, Bakhtin, and the Literary Tradition (1996), A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism (1996), Colonial Power, Colonial Texts: India in the Modern British Novel (1997), The African Novel in English (Heinemann, 1998), The Modern British Novel of the Left (Greenwood, 1998), The Modern American Novel of the Left (Greenwood, 1999), Film and the American Left (Greenwood, 1999), Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism (Greenwood, 2000), and Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War (Greenwood, 2001).

• Introduction: America as Utopia--Or Not "Soiled, Torn, and Dead": The Bleak Vision of American Literary Fiction of the Long 1950s Un-American Activities: American Realism and the Utopian Imagination in Leftist Fiction of the Long 1950s Monsters, Cowboys, and Criminals: Jim Thompson and the Dark Turn in American Popular Culture in the Long 1950s American Film in the Long 1950s: From Hitchcock to Disney Postscript: Utopia, Postmodernism, and the Cold War Works Cited Index

M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature and theory, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood, 1994), Joyce, Bakhtin, and the Literary Tradition (1996), A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism (1996), Colonial Power, Colonial Texts: India in the Modern British Novel (1997), The African Novel in English (Heinemann, 1998), The Modern British Novel of the Left (Greenwood, 1998), The Modern American Novel of the Left (Greenwood, 1999), Film and the American Left (Greenwood, 1999), Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism (Greenwood, 2000), and Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War (Greenwood, 2001).

• Introduction: America as Utopia--Or Not "Soiled, Torn, and Dead": The Bleak Vision of American Literary Fiction of the Long 1950s Un-American Activities: American Realism and the Utopian Imagination in Leftist Fiction of the Long 1950s Monsters, Cowboys, and Criminals: Jim Thompson and the Dark Turn in American Popular Culture in the Long 1950s American Film in the Long 1950s: From Hitchcock to Disney Postscript: Utopia, Postmodernism, and the Cold War Works Cited Index