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Hard-boiled crime fiction & the decline of moral authority / Susanna Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Susanna, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Detective and mystery stories, French--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, French.
- Moral conditions in literature.
- Authority in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 232 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Hard-boiled crime fiction and the decline of moral authority
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- From virtue to honor: a nineteenth-century paradigm shift
- Carroll John Daly and Léo Malet: the first hard-boiled heroes
- Jim Thompson: "Don't you say I killed her!"
- Jean-Patrick Manchette: the art of falling apart
- Contemporary hard-boiled: rebuilding a culture hero
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814213186
- 0814213189
- OCLC:
- 945948393
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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