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 / John T. Irwin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. - xii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
"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.
9780801884351 (hbk.) 0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
2006008094
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery films--History and criticism.--United States
Film noir--History and criticism.--United States
Private investigators in literature.
Detectives in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Men in literature.
Men in motion pictures.
PS374.D4 / I78 2006
813/.087209
Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. - xii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
"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.
9780801884351 (hbk.) 0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
2006008094
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery films--History and criticism.--United States
Film noir--History and criticism.--United States
Private investigators in literature.
Detectives in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinity in motion pictures.
Men in literature.
Men in motion pictures.
PS374.D4 / I78 2006
813/.087209