Darkly perfect world: colonial adventure, postmodernism, and American noir

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Subjects (LCSH):
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticismNoir fiction, American -- History and criticism
American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism
Keywords:
Literary Criticism / Mystery & DetectiveLiterary Criticism / American / General
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Issue Date:
2010Metadata
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The Ohio State University PressDescription:
(print) x, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The continental operations of Dashiell Hammett -- Raymond Chandler's semi-tropical romance -- Late romantic adventure and film noir -- Veterans of noir : rewriting the good war with Chester Himes, Dorothy B. Hughes, and John Okada -- Noir and the postmodern novel -- To look at him or read him : the confidence man in postmodernist film noir -- Conclusion. Connected guys : the reconstructed subject of 1990s film noir
Embargo:
Item embargoed for five years
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BookISBN:
9780814211250 (print)0814211259 (print)
Other Identifiers:
OCLC #458582558 (print)LCCN 2009041921 (print)
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