Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir

Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.

Author/creator	Irwin, John T.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Description	xii, 290 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
LCCN	2006008094
ISBN	0801884357 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780801884351

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS374.D4 I78 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold