James D. Bloom is Professor of English at Muhlenberg College, USA. His books include Hollywood Intellect (2009), Gravity Fails (2003) and The Literary Bent (1997). His essays and reviews have appeared in American Literary History, Contemporary Literature, the European Journal of American Culture, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Style, the New York Times Book Review, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Creem.

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• Introduction: The Shelf Life of a Meme.- 1. Coming Clean/Readings, Confessions, Shortcut.- 2.  American Fiction - Gaze Canon.- 3. Scopes On Trial.- 4. American Fiction After Mulvey.- 5. British Invasions/Post-Bar Mitzvah.

James D. Bloom is Professor of English at Muhlenberg College, USA. His books include Hollywood Intellect (2009), Gravity Fails (2003) and The Literary Bent (1997). His essays and reviews have appeared in American Literary History, Contemporary Literature, the European Journal of American Culture, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Style, the New York Times Book Review, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Creem.

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• Introduction: The Shelf Life of a Meme.- 1. Coming Clean/Readings, Confessions, Shortcut.- 2.  American Fiction - Gaze Canon.- 3. Scopes On Trial.- 4. American Fiction After Mulvey.- 5. British Invasions/Post-Bar Mitzvah.

James D. Bloom is Professor of English at Muhlenberg College, USA. His books include Hollywood Intellect (2009), Gravity Fails (2003) and The Literary Bent (1997). His essays and reviews have appeared in American Literary History, Contemporary Literature, the European Journal of American Culture, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Style, the New York Times Book Review, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Creem.

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• Introduction: The Shelf Life of a Meme.- 1. Coming Clean/Readings, Confessions, Shortcut.- 2.  American Fiction - Gaze Canon.- 3. Scopes On Trial.- 4. American Fiction After Mulvey.- 5. British Invasions/Post-Bar Mitzvah.