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James M. Cain : hard-boiled mythmaker / David Madden, Kristopher Mecholsky.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Madden, David, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Journalists--United States--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977.
- Cain, James M.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Cain's impact on and importance in 20th-century culture, film in particular.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword: James M. Cain-Father of Noir; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Chapter One. The Twenty-Minute Egg of the Hard-Boiled School; Chapter Two. The Mark of Cain: The Love-Rack and the Wish-Come-True; Chapter Three. The American Character in Shadow; Chapter Four. Cain and the "Pure" Novel; Chapter Five. Cain at the Movies; Chapter Six. Impact of Cain and the Tough Guys; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-07185-1
- 9786613071859
- 0-8108-8119-5
- OCLC:
- 716239715
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