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Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer prize-winning ''All the King’s Men'' (1946) is the centerpiece of American political fiction.  Warren’s spellbinding Willie Stark, almost as much philosopher as politician, bears the least resemblance to Long though for almost six decades Stark has been Long’s best-known fictional embodiment as a novel and well-received 1949 movie (it won three Oscars, including best picture and best actor as Broderick Crawford played the Long role.).<ref> Perry (2004); Bloom (1987)</ref>   

Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer prize-winning ''All the King’s Men'' (1946) is the centerpiece of American political fiction.  Warren’s spellbinding Willie Stark, almost as much philosopher as politician, bears the least resemblance to Long though for almost six decades Stark has been Long’s best-known fictional embodiment as a novel and well-received 1949 movie (it won three Oscars, including best picture and best actor as Broderick Crawford played the Long role.).<ref> Perry (2004); Bloom (1987)</ref>   

The novelists portray Long's rise to power as a justifiable popular reaction against the selfish policies pursued by the dominant economic interests prior to 1928. They speculate the degree his extremism reflected an overreaction to his enemies, or sprang inevitably from class conflict in the state. They all try to explain why Long enjoyed majority support in Louisiana, both during and after his lifetime.

The novelists portray Long's rise to power as a justifiable popular reaction against the selfish policies pursued by the dominant economic interests prior to 1928. They speculate the degree his extremism reflected an overreaction to his enemies, or sprang inevitably from [[class conflict]] in the state. They all try to explain why Long enjoyed majority support in Louisiana, both during and after his lifetime.

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