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050		4	_aPS374.D4178
082	0		_a813/.087209
100	1		_aIrwin, John T.
245	1	0	_aUnless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them : _bHard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2006.
264		4	_c©2006.
300			_a1 online resource (305 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- 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.
520			_aFinally, he discusses how these themes persist in contemporary dramatic series on television, representing the conflicted lives of Americans into the twenty-first century.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aDetective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aIrwin, John T. _tUnless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them _dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2006 _z9780801890802
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318278 _zClick to View
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