Will Scheibel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Syracuse University, where he teaches film and screen studies. He is the coeditor (with Steven Rybin) of Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema, also published by SUNY Press.

"This is an excellent book, as useful to me as a Ray scholar for the treasure trove of information it amasses as for its ideas." — Bill Krohn, author of Masters of Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "I’m a Stranger Here Myself"1. Cult of the Outlaw: Cinephilia, Film Criticism, and Mass Cultural Modernism 2. Performance of Authorship: Film Directing, Male Movie Stars, and Modern Acting Styles3. Rebirth of the Auteur: Pedagogy, Self-Promotion, and Political Modernism4. Generations of Rebels: Influence, Legacy, and Modernist Art CinemasConclusion: Rediscovering Nicholas RayNotesWorks CitedChronological FilmographyIndex

Will Scheibel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Syracuse University, where he teaches film and screen studies. He is the coeditor (with Steven Rybin) of Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema, also published by SUNY Press.

"This is an excellent book, as useful to me as a Ray scholar for the treasure trove of information it amasses as for its ideas." — Bill Krohn, author of Masters of Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "I’m a Stranger Here Myself"1. Cult of the Outlaw: Cinephilia, Film Criticism, and Mass Cultural Modernism 2. Performance of Authorship: Film Directing, Male Movie Stars, and Modern Acting Styles3. Rebirth of the Auteur: Pedagogy, Self-Promotion, and Political Modernism4. Generations of Rebels: Influence, Legacy, and Modernist Art CinemasConclusion: Rediscovering Nicholas RayNotesWorks CitedChronological FilmographyIndex

Will Scheibel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Syracuse University, where he teaches film and screen studies. He is the coeditor (with Steven Rybin) of Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground: Nicholas Ray in American Cinema, also published by SUNY Press.

"This is an excellent book, as useful to me as a Ray scholar for the treasure trove of information it amasses as for its ideas." — Bill Krohn, author of Masters of Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "I’m a Stranger Here Myself"1. Cult of the Outlaw: Cinephilia, Film Criticism, and Mass Cultural Modernism 2. Performance of Authorship: Film Directing, Male Movie Stars, and Modern Acting Styles3. Rebirth of the Auteur: Pedagogy, Self-Promotion, and Political Modernism4. Generations of Rebels: Influence, Legacy, and Modernist Art CinemasConclusion: Rediscovering Nicholas RayNotesWorks CitedChronological FilmographyIndex