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- catalog abstract "This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1930s and 40s, 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 in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force, they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes.".
- catalog alternative "American noir of the 1950s".
- catalog alternative "Down there.".
- catalog alternative "If trouble was money".
- catalog alternative "Killer inside me.".
- catalog alternative "Pick-up.".
- catalog alternative "Talented Mr. Ripley.".
- catalog contributor b10353612.
- catalog contributor b10353613.
- catalog contributor b10353614.
- catalog contributor b10353615.
- catalog contributor b10353616.
- catalog contributor b10353617.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 884-892).".
- catalog description "The killer inside me / Jim Thompson -- The talented Mr. Ripley / Patricia Highsmith -- Pick-up / Charles Willeford -- Down there / David Goodis -- The real cool killers / Chester Himes.".
- catalog description "This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1930s and 40s, 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 in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force, they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes.".
- catalog extent "892 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Crime novels.".
- catalog identifier "1883011493 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Crime novels.".
- catalog isPartOf "Library of America 95".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA,".
- catalog relation "Crime novels.".
- catalog subject "813/.087208054 21".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Crime Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories.".
- catalog subject "Noir fiction, American.".
- catalog subject "PS648.D4 C697 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "The killer inside me / Jim Thompson -- The talented Mr. Ripley / Patricia Highsmith -- Pick-up / Charles Willeford -- Down there / David Goodis -- The real cool killers / Chester Himes.".
- catalog title "American noir of the 1950s".
- catalog title "Crime novels : American noir of the 1950s / [selected and edited [by] Robert Polito].".
- catalog type "text".