Gumshoe America : hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, N.C. ; ; London : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.087209358 |
Collana | New Americanists |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
9780822380566
0822380560 9781282903494 1282903497 9786612903496 661290349X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780021503321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Durham, N.C. ; ; London : , : Duke University Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gumshoe America : hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.087209358 |
Collana | New Americanists |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN |
9780822380566
0822380560 9781282903494 1282903497 9786612903496 661290349X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809334103321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A pinnacle of feeling [[electronic resource] ] : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/35873 |
Collana | 20/21 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century Executive power in literature Presidents in literature Executive power - Philosophy Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-15826-0
9786612158261 1-4008-2890-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Executive Disease: Presidential Power and Literary Imagination -- Chapter One. Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership -- Chapter Two. Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal -- Chapter Three. The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties -- Chapter Four. Come Home, America: Vietnam And The End Of The Progressive Presidency -- Epilogue. Philip Roth And The Waning And Waxing Of Political Time -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455240303321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A pinnacle of feeling [[electronic resource] ] : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/35873 |
Collana | 20/21 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century Executive power in literature Presidents in literature Executive power - Philosophy Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views |
ISBN |
1-282-15826-0
9786612158261 1-4008-2890-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Executive Disease: Presidential Power and Literary Imagination -- Chapter One. Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership -- Chapter Two. Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal -- Chapter Three. The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties -- Chapter Four. Come Home, America: Vietnam And The End Of The Progressive Presidency -- Epilogue. Philip Roth And The Waning And Waxing Of Political Time -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778220003321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A pinnacle of feeling : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann |
Autore | McCann Sean <1962-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/35873 |
Collana | 20/21 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century Executive power in literature Presidents in literature Executive power - Philosophy Authors, American - 20th century - Political and social views |
ISBN |
1-282-15826-0
9786612158261 1-4008-2890-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Executive Disease: Presidential Power and Literary Imagination -- Chapter One. Masters of Their Constitution: Gertrude Stein and the Promise of Progressive Leadership -- Chapter Two. Governable Beasts: Hurston, Roth, and the New Deal -- Chapter Three. The Myth of the Public Interest: Pluralism and Presidentialism in the Fifties -- Chapter Four. Come Home, America: Vietnam And The End Of The Progressive Presidency -- Epilogue. Philip Roth And The Waning And Waxing Of Political Time -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806810303321 |
McCann Sean <1962-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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