Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
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Publisher
New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, c1997.
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N813.0872087/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
990 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
The postman always rings twice / James M. Cain -- They shoot horses, don't they / Horace McCoy -- Thieves like us / Edward Anderson -- The big clock / Kenneth Fearing -- Nightmare alley / William Lindsay Gresham -- I married a dead man / Cornell Woolrich.
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Publisher
New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, presents a rich vein of modern American writing too often neglected in mainstream literary histories. Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots...
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Crime novels : American noir of the 1930s and 40s.
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The library of America ; 94.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 983-990).
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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Call Numbers
N813.0872087/5
Record Identifier
74VvPXplK7Xl
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ISBN
1883011469 (alk. paper)
9781883011468 (alk. paper)
DDC
813.087208052
813087208052
MMS ID
991005596039702626
