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Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irwin, John T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Noir fiction, American.
- Detective and mystery films--United States--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Film noir--United States--History and criticism.
- Film noir.
- Private investigators in literature.
- Detectives in literature.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Masculinity in motion pictures.
- Men in literature.
- Men in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Finally, he discusses how these themes persist in contemporary dramatic series on television, representing the conflicted lives of Americans into the twenty-first century.
- Contents:
- "Where their best interest lies" : Hammett's The Maltese falcon
- Being boss : Chandler's The big sleep
- Beating the boss : Cain's Double indemnity
- Who's the boss? : W.R. Burnett's High sierra
- Deadline at midnight : Cornell Woolrich's Night has a thousand eyes
- A puzzle of character
- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir
- Hard-boiled fiction and film noir continued.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8938-3
- OCLC:
- 190774834
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