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Gumshoe America : hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism / / Sean McCann
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
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
A pinnacle of feeling [[electronic resource] ] : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
A pinnacle of feeling [[electronic resource] ] : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
A pinnacle of feeling : American literature and presidential government / / Sean McCann
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
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui