Unless the threat of death is behind them
Irwin, John T.
Unless the threat of death is behind them hard-boiled fiction and film noir / [electronic resource] : John T. Irwin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. - xii, 290 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
Electronic books.
PS374.D4 / I78 2006eb
813/.087209
Unless the threat of death is behind them hard-boiled fiction and film noir / [electronic resource] : John T. Irwin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. - xii, 290 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
Electronic books.
PS374.D4 / I78 2006eb
813/.087209