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UNINA9910552775203321 |
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Autore |
Orr Stanley <1967-> |
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Darkly Perfect World : Colonial Adventure, Postmodernism, and American Noir / / Stanley Orr |
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Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-8142-8067-6 |
0-8142-7129-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 248 p. ) |
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Film noir - United States - History and criticism |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
Noir fiction, American - History and criticism |
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The continental operations of Dashiell Hammett -- Raymond Chandler's semi-tropical romance -- Late romantic adventure and film noir -- Veterans of noir: rewriting the good war with Chester Himes, Dorothy B. Hughes, and John Okada -- Noir and the postmodern novel -- To look at him or read him: the confidence man in postmodernist film noir -- Conclusion. Connected guys: the reconstructed subject of 1990s film noir. |
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