Unless the threat of death is behind them : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.Description: xii, 290 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780801884351 (hbk.)
- 0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
- 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
- 813/.087209 22
- PS374.D4 I78 2006
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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.