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Unless the threat of death is behind them hard-boiled fiction and film noir /

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Main Author: Irwin, John T.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.
Subjects:
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • "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.

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