Book Reviews

THE GODS OF ANTENNA. By Bruce Herschensohn. THE RESPONSIVE CHORD - By Tony Schwartz FACT AND FICTION. THE NEW JOURNALISM AND THE NONFICTION NOVEL. By John Hollowell. THE NEW LANGUAGES: A RHETORICAL APPROACH TO THE MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE. By Thomas H. Ohlgren and Lynn M. Berk. MEDIA, POLITICS, AND DEMOCRACY. By Bernard Rubin. TV SEASON 1975–76. Compiled and Edited by Nina David. TELEVISION. THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS. By Jeff Greenfield. THE SHOW AND TELL MACHINE: HOW TELEVISION WORKS AND WORKS YOU OVER. By Rose K. Goldsen. HOW TO READ A FILM: THE ART, TECHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE, HISTORY, AND THEORY OF FILM AND MEDIA. By James Monaco. DARK DREAMS: A PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE MODERN HORROR FILM. By Charles Derry DOCUMENTARY: A HISTORY OF THE NON—FICTION FILM. By Erik Barnouw. THE TALKIES–ARTICLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A GREAT FAN MAGAZINE 1928–1940. By Richard Griffith. WESTERNS: ASPECTS OF A MOVIE GENRE. By Philip French. ON WITH THE SHOW: THE FIRST CENTURY OF SHOW BUSINESS IN AMERICA. By Robert C. Toll. THE BEST MUSICALS FROM SHOW BOAT TO A CHORUS LINE. By Arthur Jackson. PAUL ROBESON: ALL-AMERICAN. By Dorothy Butler Gilliam. VICTORIAN MAGIC, By Geoffrey Lamb. ENGLISH POPULAR LITERATURE 1819–1851. Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Louis James. THE VICTORIAN POPULAR BALLAD. By J.S. Bratton. VICTORIAN MELODRAMAS. By James L. Smith. THEATRE IN THE AGE OF KEAN. By Joseph Donohue. POST—WAR BRITISH THEATRE. By John Elsom.