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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 [electronic resource] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
Author
Irwin, John T.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 290 p.)
Uniform Title
Unless the threat of death is behind them (Online)
Alternative Title
Unless the threat of death is behind them (Online)
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2006008094
OCLC
ssj0000265410
Author
Irwin, John T.
Title
Unless the threat of death is behind them [electronic resource] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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