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John G. Cawelti is the author of The Spy Story as well as other literature on the genres of detective fiction and western. The John G. Cawelti Book Award is annually presented in his honor by the American Culture Association to the author of a Noteworthy Book on American Culture. He was also interested in science fiction and taught the course on it at the University of Chicago while there.

John Cawelti was one of the pioneers in establishing an academic respectability to the field of popular culture. As an example, he published "The Six Gun Mystiquie" which was based on an analysis of the messages contained in the western novels which were very popular for many decades with the public.

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