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Autore |
Mason F |
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Titolo |
Hollywood's Detectives [[electronic resource] ] : Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir / / by F. Mason |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-36115-9 |
9786613361158 |
0-230-35867-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Classificazione |
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LIT004230PER004030PER004000LIT000000 |
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Disciplina |
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791.43/6556 |
791.436556097309043 |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures—History |
Motion pictures—United States |
Motion pictures and television |
Film genres |
Literature |
Fiction |
Film History |
American Cinema and TV |
Screen Studies |
Genre |
Literature, general |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- Exploring detective films in the 1930s and 1940s: genre, society and Hollywood -- "Such lovely friends": class and crime in 'The thin man' series -- Between law and crime: the chivalric 'criminal' detective -- Englishness and America: Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes -- Ordering the world: the uncompromising logic of Charlie Chan and Mr Moto -- The rise of the hard-boiled detective -- Conclusion: noir detectives, rogue cops, undercover men and police |
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