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Unless the threat of death is behind them hard-boiled fiction and film noir
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Title
Unless the threat of death is behind them [electronic resource] : hard-boiled fiction and film noir / John T. Irwin.
ISBN
0801889383
9780801889387
0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0801890802
9780801884351 (hbk.)
9780801890802
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 290 p. )
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Archival Complete Foundation Collection
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Books Archival Subscription Plan
Project MUSE - UPCC 2012 Literature Foundation Collection
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
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.
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