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UNINA9910780021503321 |
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Autore |
McCann Sean <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Gumshoe America : hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism / / Sean McCann |
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Durham, N.C. ; ; London : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 |
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ISBN |
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9780822380566 |
0822380560 |
9781282903494 |
1282903497 |
9786612903496 |
661290349X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (370 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism |
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century |
Political fiction, American - History and criticism |
Noir fiction, American - History and criticism |
New Deal, 1933-1939 |
Crime in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-364) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Uncivil society: hard-boiled crime fiction and the idea of a democratic culture -- 1. Constructing Race Williams: the Klan and the making of hard-boiled crime fiction -- 2. "Mystic rigmarole": Dashiell Hammett and the realist critique of liberalism -- 3. The pulp writer as vanishing American: Raymond Chandler's decentralist imagination -- 4. Letdown artists: paperback noir and the procedural republic -- 5. Tangibles: Chester Himes and the slow death of New Deal populism -- Conclusion: beyond us, yet ourselves. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sees hard-boiled crime fiction in relation to a changing literary marketplace and as an arena for conflicts about citizenship, class |
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