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Creatures of Darkness : Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir

More than any other writer, Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) is responsible for raising detective stories from the level of pulp fiction to literature. Chandler's hard-boiled private eye Philip Marlowe set the standard for rough, brooding heroes who managed to maintain a strong sense of moral convi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Phillips, Gene D.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:More than any other writer, Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) is responsible for raising detective stories from the level of pulp fiction to literature. Chandler's hard-boiled private eye Philip Marlowe set the standard for rough, brooding heroes who managed to maintain a strong sense of moral conviction despite a cruel and indifferent world. Chandler's seven novels, including The Big Sleep (1939) and The Long Goodbye (1953), with their pessimism and grim realism, had a direct influence on the emergence of film noir. Chandler worked to give his crime novels the flavor of his adopted city, Los Angel.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (350 pages).
ISBN:9780813147901