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Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir
- Title
- Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
- Author
- Irwin, John T.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 290 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Private investigators in literature
- Masculinity in motion pictures
- Detectives in literature
- Film noir > United States > History and criticism
- Men in motion pictures
- Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism
- Men in literature
- Detective and mystery films > United States > History and criticism
- Noir fiction, American > History and criticism
- Masculinity in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-13628
- ISBN
- 0801884357 (acid-free paper)
- 9780801884351 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2006008094
- 9780801884351
- OCLC
- 64896196
- Author
- Irwin, John T.
- Title
- Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780801884351
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-13628