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- catalog abstract ""The American thriller developed in a distinctive way in the 1970s, generating exciting and interesting narratives about crime, police, detectives, corruption, paranoia and revenge. At a time when American political life seemed to be the very stuff of thrillers, the genre underwent a major transformation. But how can we know how these new thrillers were experienced in the period? How can we gain a sense of the ways in which they were read by contemporary audiences? This book seeks to address these questions by looking at films, TV programmes and print fiction from the 1970s By focusing on numerous thrillers, including Dirty Harry, Death Wish, Marathon Man, Shaft, Kojak, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Chinatown and All the President's Men, it explores the way that the reading of thrillers might be bound up in commonplace - but often neglected - relations."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12066078.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The American thriller developed in a distinctive way in the 1970s, generating exciting and interesting narratives about crime, police, detectives, corruption, paranoia and revenge. At a time when American political life seemed to be the very stuff of thrillers, the genre underwent a major transformation. But how can we know how these new thrillers were experienced in the period? How can we gain a sense of the ways in which they were read by contemporary audiences? This book seeks to address these questions by looking at films, TV programmes and print fiction from the 1970s By focusing on numerous thrillers, including Dirty Harry, Death Wish, Marathon Man, Shaft, Kojak, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Chinatown and All the President's Men, it explores the way that the reading of thrillers might be bound up in commonplace - but often neglected - relations."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Firing the Generic Canon -- Reading the Space of the 1970s -- 'The Luxury to Worry about Justice': Hard-boiled Style and Heroism -- What Do We 'Believe' When We 'See'? Views of Crime -- 'Keeping That Sixth Ball in the Air': The Police -- Sambos or Superspades? -- Just Because You're Paranoid It Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You -- 'Thank God for the Rain ... ': Revenge from Dirty Harry to The Exterminator.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 242 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0333776682 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Crime files series".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "813/.087209054 21".
- catalog subject "American fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literary form History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "PS374.D4 C57 2000".
- catalog subject "Social change in literature.".
- catalog subject "Suspense fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Firing the Generic Canon -- Reading the Space of the 1970s -- 'The Luxury to Worry about Justice': Hard-boiled Style and Heroism -- What Do We 'Believe' When We 'See'? Views of Crime -- 'Keeping That Sixth Ball in the Air': The Police -- Sambos or Superspades? -- Just Because You're Paranoid It Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You -- 'Thank God for the Rain ... ': Revenge from Dirty Harry to The Exterminator.".
- catalog title "The American thriller : generic innovation and social change in the 1970s / Paul Cobley.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".