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"[An] extremely well-written . . . book that will delight those looking for a new kind of American studies."--American Literature

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A study of classic hard-boiled fiction and film in the contexts of narrative theories and American social and cultural history. The book integrates economic history, biography, consumer product design, narrative analysis and film scholarship. William Marling is the author of "Dashiell Hammett".

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Hardcover: 306 pages
Publisher: University of Georgia Press; illustrated edition edition (February 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 082031658X
ISBN-13: 978-0820316581
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,634,985 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 books cite this book:

Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir by Gene D. Phillips in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Web of Iniquity: Early Detective Fiction by American Women by Catherine RossNickerson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
White Diaspora: The Suburb and the Twentieth-Century American Novel. by Catherine Jurca in Back Matter
Crime Fiction (The New Critical Idiom) by John Scaggs in Back Matter
Gumshoe America: Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Rise and Fall of New Deal Liberalism (New Americanists) by Sean McCann in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Study of Noir Literature I've Read!, September 17, 2000

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William Marling's fine book is a wonderful introduction to the field of hard-boiled detective fiction for the serious scholar. He traces the historical background of noir fiction, provides several case studies of central texts, and gives biographies of Hammett, Chandler, and Cain. He respects the genre without being fawning. This book is very readable and academically sound at the same time.

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