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Autore |
Irwin John T |
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Unless the threat of death is behind them [[electronic resource] ] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / / John T. Irwin |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 290 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"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. |
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