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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778348703321

Autore

Irwin John T

Titolo

Unless the threat of death is behind them [[electronic resource] ] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / / John T. Irwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8018-8938-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)

Disciplina

813/.087209

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism

Noir fiction, American - History and criticism

Detective and mystery films - United States - History and criticism

Film noir - United States - History and criticism

Private investigators in literature

Detectives in literature

Masculinity in literature

Masculinity in motion pictures

Men in literature

Men in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"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.