03218nam 2200805 a 450 991077834870332120230828234612.00-8018-8938-3(CKB)1000000000482248(OCoLC)190774834(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188478(SSID)ssj0000475016(PQKBManifestationID)11304204(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475016(PQKBWorkID)10454431(PQKB)10274478(SSID)ssj0000265410(PQKBManifestationID)12043920(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265410(PQKBWorkID)10293661(PQKB)10702027(MiAaPQ)EBC3318278(MdBmJHUP)muse2566(Au-PeEL)EBL3318278(CaPaEBR)ebr10188478(OCoLC)923192557(EXLCZ)99100000000048224820060314d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnless the threat of death is behind them[electronic resource] hard-boiled fiction and film noir /John T. IrwinBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20061 online resource (xii, 290 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-9080-2 0-8018-8435-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index."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.Detective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticismNoir fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismDetective and mystery filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismFilm noirUnited StatesHistory and criticismPrivate investigators in literatureDetectives in literatureMasculinity in literatureMasculinity in motion picturesMen in literatureMen in motion picturesDetective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Noir fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Detective and mystery filmsHistory and criticism.Film noirHistory and criticism.Private investigators in literature.Detectives in literature.Masculinity in literature.Masculinity in motion pictures.Men in literature.Men in motion pictures.813/.087209Irwin John T456676MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778348703321Unless the threat of death is behind them3821702UNINA