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001 2006008094
003 DLC
005 20070413154034.0
008 060314s2006 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006008094
020 $a9780801884351 (hbk.)
020 $a0801884357 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64896196
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dDLC
050 00 $aPS374.D4$bI78 2006
082 00 $a813/.087209$222
100 1 $aIrwin, John T.
245 10 $aUnless the threat of death is behind them :$bhard-boiled fiction and film noir /$cJohn T. Irwin.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$cc2006.
300 $axii, 290 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-282) and index.
505 0 $a"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.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aNoir fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFilm noir$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aPrivate investigators in literature.
650 0 $aDetectives in literature.
650 0 $aMasculinity in literature.
650 0 $aMasculinity in motion pictures.
650 0 $aMen in literature.
650 0 $aMen in motion pictures.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0610/2006008094.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006008094-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0668/2006008094-d.html