Unless the threat of death is behind them [[electronic resource] ] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / / John T. Irwin

• Autore: Irwin John T
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)
• Disciplina: 813/.087209
• Soggetto topico: Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism; Noir fiction, American - History and criticism; Detective and mystery films - United States - History and criticism; Film noir - United States - History and criticism; Private investigators in literature; Detectives in literature; Masculinity in literature; Masculinity in motion pictures; Men in literature; Men in motion pictures
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Finally, he discusses how these themes persist in contemporary dramatic series on television, representing the conflicted lives of Americans into the twenty-first century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unless the threat of death is behind them
• ISBN: 0-8018-8938-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827213603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II