The Godfather
One of American popular culture's most resilient narratives is that of the Mafia and its antiheroic gangsters, and one of this genre's most popular and poignant products is...
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Mario Puzo is primarily a novelist, a storyteller of uncommon gifts whose American literary ancestors are the Naturalistic writers who focus on the American "cityscape," on the lower orders of the mid...
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In the following excerpt, Ferraro examines the "business of family" in The Godfather and the godfather figure as a cultural icon.
In his 1969 blockbuster The Godfather, Mario Puzo pre...
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In the following interview, Puzo comments on The Godfather, his literary success, and The Last Don.
Mario Puzo makes us an offer we don't want to refuse. After nearly two decades of public s...
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In the following excerpt, Gardaphe examines elements of myth and cultural assimilation in The Godfather, contending that it "has done more to create a national consciousness of the Italian Amer...
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In the following review, the critic provides a generally favorable review of The Godfather.
Although the last word on this robust, casually served novel about the Mafia should come from the voluble...
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In the following excerpt, Green examines the major themes of The Godfather and discusses Puzo's contribution to Italian-American literature.
For the average reader, the Italian-American nove...
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In the following excerpt, Cawelti examines Puzo's depiction of the criminal organization as a family unit in The Godfather.
The best selling novel and film of the late 1960's and earl...
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In the following essay, Sutherland discusses the publishing history of The Godfather and the source of the novel's wide popular appeal.
I wrote it to make money…. How come you people...
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In the following excerpt, Torgovnick examines the place of The Godfather in Italian-American literature, identifying its conventional bildungsroman and epic themes as a source of its popularity.
Th...
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When The Godfather was released in 1969, America was in the midst of uncharted territory. The heavily protested Vietnam War was in its prime with over 500,000 deaths, and the moral legitimacy of it ...
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The Godfather created by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo is by many people, considered the greatest movie ever made. It has influenced the creation of dozens of mafia movies after it's creation, ...
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The game begins with you roleplaying as an extra in the movie. You get to create your own mob look, from facial features to clothes. Once the game starts, you meet the Don quite early and start put...
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Before the crunk and hyphy movements were even in their fetal positions, there was Uncle Luke (2LiveCrew) and his Miami Bass Music. Who can forget, walking into a sweaty and heaving house party in ...
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Corleone, Italy (dpa) - Officials in Sicily have lifted a
decades-old ban on hoods being worn during Corleone's tradition Good
Friday procession.
The ban was ...
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Corleone, Italy (dpa) - Officials in Sicily have lifted a
decades-old ban on hoods being worn during Corleone's traditional
Good Friday procession.
The ban wa...
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Peter Zinner, who worked as a film editor on the first two "Godfather" films and won an Oscar for his work on 1978's "The Deer Hunter," has died. He was 88.Zinner died Tuesday at St. John's Health ...
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Peter Zinner, who worked as a film editor on the first two "Godfather" films and won an Oscar for his work on 1978's "The Deer Hunter," has died. He was 88.Zinner died Tuesday at St. John's Health ...
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The Soul Generals, the band that backed musical icon James Brown for his last 20 years, will carry on the Godfather's legacy with a series of appearances this year.The 17-piece band, with three bac...
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The Godfather
Mario Puzo
Critical Essay by Thomas J. Ferraro
The Godfather and Its Effects on Society: 1960's
The Godfather
