Paul Fussell

Donald T Regan Chair of English Literature Paul Fussell

Describes the possessions, clothing styles, and interests of American classes from top to bottom, and looks at the ways Americans try to improve their status

A Guide Through the American Status System

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"Please note that this is not 'The Official Boy Scout Handbook'. It is a collection of my essays and reviews and bagatelles on appearances, institutions, and society, writers, travel, and war written over the past fifteen years or so, and written on very different occasions and for different purposes."--Preface.

The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations

A satirical reference work identifies and stigmatizes various contemporary examples of public relations attempts to make unnecessary--or downright bad--products seem necessary, discussing banks, restaurants, and canned music

BAD, Or, The Dumbing of America

The prose and poetry of Hemingway, Mailer, and other literary figures combine with letters, diaries, and oral history to capture moments on the battlefields of this century, as changes in military technology changed the psyches of soldiers

Donald T Regan Chair of English Literature Paul Fussell

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