Books by Robert McParland
The Last Alchemist, 2024
The novel, now available from most online booksellers, probes the implications of a National Soci... more The novel, now available from most online booksellers, probes the implications of a National Socialist experiment during the Second World War.
Apeiron, 2023
Historical fiction concerning the European resistance to German occupation of Norway and the leb... more Historical fiction concerning the European resistance to German occupation of Norway and the lebensborn program.
Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s: 150+ Profiles, 2022
This book is a concise compendium of brief biographies and a discography of the work and cultural... more This book is a concise compendium of brief biographies and a discography of the work and cultural impact of songwriters who performed their music during the decade of the 1970s.
Rock Music Icons, 2022
This book is a collection of reflections on significant popular music artists who have had an imp... more This book is a collection of reflections on significant popular music artists who have had an impact upon culture. Contributors include Thomas Kitts, Claudia Bucciferro, Richard D. Driver, Julianna Kirschner, Joshua S. Duchan, Tanis MacDonald, Keith Nainby, John Radosta, Eric Abbey, Candace Ursula Grissom, David R. Coon, Cristian Stromblad, Anastasia Hyden, Douglas Rasmussen, Paul M. Miller, Thomas R. Davis.
Cultural Memory, Consciousness, and the Modernist Novel, 2022
Book manuscript published February 2022.
The People We Meet in Stories, 2020
Novels bring us into fictional worlds where we encounter the lives, struggles and dreams of chara... more Novels bring us into fictional worlds where we encounter the lives, struggles and dreams of characters who speak to the underlying pulse of society and social change. In this book post-World War II comes alive again in an analysis of the characters that captured the imaginations of millions of readers in the most influential novels of the 1950s.
The People We Meet in Stories, 2020
The fictional characters of the 1950s are explored in relation to American culture and novels. Bo... more The fictional characters of the 1950s are explored in relation to American culture and novels. Book publication in Fall 2020.
Rock Music Imagination, 2019
Rock Music Imagination is a book that explores creativity and imagination in popular music making... more Rock Music Imagination is a book that explores creativity and imagination in popular music making and listening.
Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books , 2018
An introduction to Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books, which lists and provides co... more An introduction to Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books, which lists and provides commentary on the bestselling popular books of the Twentieth Century. Publication of the book will be on December 15.
As technology advances, society retains mythical roots: a tendency evident in rock music and its ... more As technology advances, society retains mythical roots: a tendency evident in rock music and its enduring relationship with myth and science fiction. This study explores the mythical and fantastic themes of popular rock music artists from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s. Drawing on insights from Joseph Campbell, J.G. Frazer, Carl Jung, Mircea Eliade, Ernst Cassirer and others this work examines the mythical imagination and how mythic archetypes and science fiction imagery have entered songs and performance and illustrated societal concerns and futuristic fantasies.
This book was published in November 2017. The literary landscape of the 1940s includes the issues... more This book was published in November 2017. The literary landscape of the 1940s includes the issues addressed in Richard Wright's Native Son, Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, and in a wide variety of novels that focus on domestic concerns and on the Second World War.
Citizen Steinbeck, 2016
This study of the works of John Steinbeck was published in 2016.
This book attempts to capture the spirit of the 1920s: a pivotal era in American fiction in which... more This book attempts to capture the spirit of the 1920s: a pivotal era in American fiction in which writers like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Cather, Stein, Lewis, Faulkner and others shaped perceptions of life, explored issues, and left a lasting legacy. The book will be published on April 1, 2015.
This book is a study on Charles Dickens's contemporary reading audience.
Film and Literary Modernism is now available in more than 800 university and college libraries wo... more Film and Literary Modernism is now available in more than 800 university and college libraries worldwide.
Now in 2nd edition reprint, 2010.
Forthcoming study of the relationships of Dickens's fiction with melodrama.
Music history/philosophy/musicology. Available in several university libraries and from online re... more Music history/philosophy/musicology. Available in several university libraries and from online retailers.
This is a study of the literary techniques, style, and philosophical concerns of the novelist Jos... more This is a study of the literary techniques, style, and philosophical concerns of the novelist Joseph Conrad.
It is intended for general readers with an interest in Conrad
and for students seeking to write about Conrad's works.
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Books by Robert McParland
It is intended for general readers with an interest in Conrad
and for students seeking to write about Conrad's works.
It is intended for general readers with an interest in Conrad
and for students seeking to write about Conrad's works.