Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-356)

Stone, steel, and jazz / by J.A. Kouwenhoven -- Literature in an organization society / by W.H. Whyte, Jr -- Our changing ideals, as seen on TV / by N. Podhoretz -- Primitivism in The family of man / by J. Barzun -- The "western": definition of the myth / by J. Williams -- Reactors of the imagination / by R. Denney -- The detective story as a historical source / by W.O. Aydelotte -- The gangster as tragic hero / by R. Warshow -- Pornography is not enough / by E. Larrabee -- Kitsch / by G. Highet -- The rebirth of the musical, from the Times literary supplement -- From Children of Thoth / by R. Denney -- History on the silver screen / by G. Highet -- From The film / by A. Hunt -- The witness point / by V. Young -- Comedy's greatest era / by J. Agee -- The twentieth-century best-seller / by P.N. Furbank -- The aesthetics of the popular arts / by A. Kaplan -- Additional questions for composition, research, and further discussion.