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Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s.
- Title
- Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s.
- Publication
- New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, ©1997.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS221 .A4 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 99-6422 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 03-718 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 95 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference |
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- Description
- 892 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1930s and 40s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force, they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes.
- Series Statement
- The library of America ; 95
- Uniform Title
- Library of America ; 95.
- Alternative Title
- American noir of the 1950s
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Noir fiction.
- Novels.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 884-892).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also issued online.
- Contents
- The killer inside me / Jim Thompson -- The talented Mr. Ripley / Patricia Highsmith -- Pick-up / Charles Willeford -- Down there / David Goodis -- The real cool killers / Chester Himes.
- Call Number
- PS221
- ISBN
- 1883011493
- 9781883011499
- 1883011495 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 97002487
- OCLC
- 36407689
- Title
- Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s.
- Imprint
- New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, ©1997.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The library of America ; 95Library of America ; 95.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 884-892).
- Additional Formats
- Also issued online.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Thompson, Jim, 1906-1977. Killer inside me.Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. Talented Mr. Ripley.Willeford, Charles Ray, 1919-1988. Pick-up.Goodis, David, 1917-1967. Down there.Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984. Real cool killers.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Crime novels. New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, ©1997 (OCoLC)643908772
- Research Call Number
- *R-RMRR PS221 .A4 v. 95PS221 .A4 v. 95JFD 99-6422JFD 03-718