Hard-boiled crime fiction & the decline of moral authority / Susanna Lee.

Author
Lee, Susanna, 1970- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
ix, 232 pages ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
    Contents
    • From virtue to honor: a nineteenth-century paradigm shift
    • Carroll John Daly and Léo Malet: the first hard-boiled heroes
    • Jim Thompson: "Don't you say I killed her!"
    • Jean-Patrick Manchette: the art of falling apart
    • Contemporary hard-boiled: rebuilding a culture hero.
    Other title(s)
    Hard-boiled crime fiction and the decline of moral authority
    ISBN
    • 9780814213186 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0814213189 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016023008
    OCLC
    945948393
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