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050 00 $aPS3505.H3224$bZ87 2016
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100 1 $aTrott, Sarah,$d1982-$eauthor.
245 10 $aWar noir :$bRaymond Chandler and the hard-boiled detective as veteran in American fiction /$cSarah Trott.
246 30 $aRaymond Chandler and the hard-boiled detective as veteran in American fiction
246 30 $aHard-boiled detective as veteran in American fiction
264 1 $aJackson :$bUniversity Press of Mississippi,$c[2016]
300 $axx, 221 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a" The conflation of the hard-boiled style and war experience has influenced many contemporary crime writers, particularly in the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War. Yet, earlier writers in the genre, such as Raymond Chandler, remain overlooked when it comes to examining how their war experience affected their writing. Sarah Trott corrects this oversight by examining Chandler alongside the World War I writers of the Lost Generation as well as highlighting a melding of very different styles in Chandler's work. Based on Chandler's experience in combat, Trott explains that the writer created detective Philip Marlowe not as the idealization of heroic individualism, as is commonly perceived, but instead as an authentic individual subjected to very real psychological frailties from trauma during the First World War. Inspecting Chandler's work and correspondence indicates that the characterization of the fictional Marlowe goes beyond the traditional chivalric readings and can instead be interpreted as a genuine representation of a traumatized veteran in American society. Substituting the horror of the trenches for the corruption of the city, Chandler formed a disillusioned protagonist in an uncaring America. Chandler did so with the sophistication necessary to straddle genre fiction and canonical literature. The sum of this work offers a new understanding of how Chandler uses his war trauma, how that experience established the traditional archetype of detective fiction, and how this reading of his fiction enables Chandler to transcend generic limitations and be recognized as a key twentieth-century literary figure. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aChandler, Raymond,$d1888-1959$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aChandler, Raymond,$d1888-1959$xCharacters$xPhilip Marlowe.
600 10 $aMarlowe, Philip$c(Fictitious character)
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xInfluence.
650 0 $aPost-traumatic stress disorder in literature.
650 0 $aNoir fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective.$2bisacsh
600 17 $aChandler, Raymond,$d1888-1959.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00043566
600 17 $aMarlowe, Philip$c(Fictitious character)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01010370
611 27 $aWorld War (1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
650 7 $aDetective and mystery stories, American.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00891483
650 7 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00972484
650 7 $aNoir fiction, American.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01038353
650 7 $aPost-traumatic stress disorder in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01910056
648 7 $a1939-1945$2fast
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411635
776 08 $iOnline version:$aTrott, Sarah, 1982- author.$tWar noir$dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2016$z9781496808653$w(DLC) 2016033878
852 00 $bglx$hPS3505.H3224$iZ87 2016