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 .