The phrase "cinematic fiction" generally has been accepted into critical discourse, but usually only in the context of postwar novels. This volume examines the influence of a particular medium, film, on another, the novel, in the first half of twentieth-century American literature. Offering new insights into classics such as "The Great Gatsby "and "The Grapes of Wrath, " as well as discussing critical writings on film and active participation in filmmaking by major writers such as William Faulkner, "Cinematic Fictions" will be compulsory reading for scholars of American film and literature alike.