Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them : Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir.
Irwin, John T.
Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them : Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (305 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 "Where Their Best Interest Lies": Hammett's The Maltese Falcon -- 2 Being Boss: Chandler's The Big Sleep -- 3 Beating the Boss: Cain's Double Indemnity -- 4 Who's the Boss?: W. R. Burnett's High Sierra -- 5 Deadline at Midnight: Cornell Woolrich's Night Has a Thousand Eyes -- 6 A Puzzle of Character -- 7 Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir -- 8 Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir, Continued -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Finally, he discusses how these themes persist in contemporary dramatic series on television, representing the conflicted lives of Americans into the twenty-first century.
9780801889387
Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS374.D4178
813/.087209
Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them : Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (305 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 "Where Their Best Interest Lies": Hammett's The Maltese Falcon -- 2 Being Boss: Chandler's The Big Sleep -- 3 Beating the Boss: Cain's Double Indemnity -- 4 Who's the Boss?: W. R. Burnett's High Sierra -- 5 Deadline at Midnight: Cornell Woolrich's Night Has a Thousand Eyes -- 6 A Puzzle of Character -- 7 Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir -- 8 Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir, Continued -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Finally, he discusses how these themes persist in contemporary dramatic series on television, representing the conflicted lives of Americans into the twenty-first century.
9780801889387
Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS374.D4178
813/.087209