Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Decline of Moral Authority
Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Decline of Moral Authority
About this book
From virtue to honor: a nineteenth-century paradigm shift -- Carroll John Daly and Leo 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 -- Conclusion
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- OL24375212W
Subjects
Detective and mystery stories, history and criticismAuthority in literatureAmerican Detective and mystery storiesHistory and criticismFrench Detective and mystery storiesMoral conditions in literature