Origins and Legacies of Marcel Duhamel's Série Noire.
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- 9789004359000
- PS374.D4 .R655 2018
Intro -- Origins and Legacies of Marcel Duhamel's Série Noire -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Marcel Duhamel's Translations and the Série Noire: Myths and Received Wisdom -- 1 Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire: The Origins of a Noir Skopos -- 2 Peter Cheyney: The Man Who Was Dangerous -- 3 James Hadley Chase, Miss Blandish and the Hidden Face of the Série Noire -- 4 Vernon Sullivan, Forever on the Sidelines of the Série Noire -- 5 Jim Thompson and the Lost Souls of the Série Noire -- 6 Douglas Kennedy, the Man for Whom Crime Paid -- Conclusion: Where to from Here for Série Noire Studies? -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Origins and Legacies of Marcel Duhamel's Série Noire Alistair Rolls, Clara Sitbon and Marie-Laure Vuaille-Barcan propose an account of a translation practice that is surprisingly innovative and that counters the myths and received wisdom that have dogged this iconic French series.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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