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Download or read book Gumshoe America written by Sean McCann and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000-12-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gumshoe America Sean McCann offers a bold new account of the hard-boiled crime story and its literary and political significance. Illuminating a previously unnoticed set of concerns at the heart of the fiction, he contends that mid-twentieth-century American crime writers used the genre to confront and wrestle with many of the paradoxes and disappointments of New Deal liberalism. For these authors, the same contradictions inherent in liberal democracy were present within the changing literary marketplace of the mid-twentieth-century United States: the competing claims of the elite versus the popular, the demands of market capitalism versus conceptions of quality, and the individual versus a homogenized society. Gumshoe America traces the way those problems surfaced in hard-boiled crime fiction from the1920s through the 1960s. Beginning by using a forum on the KKK in the pulp magazine Black Mask to describe both the economic and political culture of pulp fiction in the early twenties, McCann locates the origins of the hard-boiled crime story in the genre’s conflict with the racist antiliberalism prominent at the time. Turning his focus to Dashiell Hammett’s career, McCann shows how Hammett’s writings in the late 1920s and early 1930s moved detective fiction away from its founding fables of social compact to the cultural alienation triggered by a burgeoning administrative state. He then examines how Raymond Chandler’s fiction, unlike Hammett’s, idealized sentimental fraternity, echoing the communitarian appeals of the late New Deal. Two of the first crime writers to publish original fiction in paperback—Jim Thompson and Charles Willeford—are examined next in juxtaposition to the popularity enjoyed by their contemporaries Mickey Spillane and Ross Macdonald. The stories of the former two, claims McCann, portray the decline of the New Deal and the emergence of the rights-based liberalism of the postwar years and reveal new attitudes toward government: individual alienation, frustration with bureaucratic institutions, and dissatisfaction with the growing vision of America as a meritocracy. Before concluding, McCann turns to the work of Chester Himes, who, in producing revolutionary hard-boiled novels, used the genre to explore the changing political significance of race that accompanied the rise of the Civil Rights movement in the late 1950s and the 1960s. Combining a striking reinterpretation of the hard-boiled crime story with a fresh view of the political complications and cultural legacies of the New Deal, Gumshoe America will interest students and fans of the genre, and scholars of American history, culture, and government.
Download or read book AB Negative written by Axel Howerton and published by Coffin Hop Press. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AB NEGATIVE Where the blood runs black as oil… 14 Choice Cuts from Alberta’s best crime and genre writers, playing in their own back yard. Canadian crime at it's best! Featuring new fiction from: Jayne Barnard (The Evil Eye Of Africa) Robert Bose (nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre) Susan Calder (Deadly Fall) Dwayne E. Clayden (Crisis Point) Therese Greenwood (Dead In The Water) Axel Howerton (Hot Sinatra) Janice MacDonald (Randy Craig mystery series) Randy McCharles (The Necromancer Candle) Brent Nichols (War Of The Necromancer series) Al Onia (Javenny) R. Overwater (Tall Tales Of The Weird West) Sharon Wildwind (Some Welcome Home) S.G. Wong (Die On Your Feet) and Kevin P. Thornton (World Enough And Crime)
Book Synopsis Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan by : Fraser A. Sherman
Download or read book Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan written by Fraser A. Sherman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the three decades since the first SF film produced for television--1968's Shadow on the Land--nearly 600 films initially released to television have had science fiction, fantasy, or horror themes. Featuring superheroes, monsters, time travel, and magic, these films range from the phenomenal to the forgettable, from low-budget to blockbuster. Information on all such American releases from 1968 through 1998 is collected here. Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, qualitative commentary, and notes of interest on aspects of the film. Appendices provide a list of other films that include some science fiction, horror, or fantasy elements; a film chronology; and a guide to alternate titles.
Book Synopsis Video Hounds Golden Movie Retriever 1993 by : VideoHound Staff
Download or read book Video Hounds Golden Movie Retriever 1993 written by VideoHound Staff and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people have spoken--and it's thumbs-up for Video Hound! With 21,000 videos reviewed and rated, this is "the best darn video-movie guide there is". (The Niagara Gizette). Used as the database of choice for Blockbuster Video's new "Movie Guide".
Book Synopsis Video Movie Guide, 1988 by : Mick Martin
Download or read book Video Movie Guide, 1988 written by Mick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1991 by : David J Weiner
Download or read book Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1991 written by David J Weiner and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Video Movie Guide 1992 by : Mick Martin
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1992 written by Mick Martin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996 by : VideoHound Editors
Download or read book VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996 written by VideoHound Editors and published by . This book was released on 1995-09 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today gave it a 4-star rating, the Houston Chronicle called it "by far the best" and the New York Times says the "Hound takes the lead in a blaze of supplemental lists". The new 1996 edition of America's favorite guide to movies on video offers over 22,000 video reviews, including 1,000 new reviews.
Book Synopsis Video Movie Guide 1991 by : Mick Martin
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1991 written by Mick Martin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 1550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Movies on TV, 1986-1987 by : Steven H. Scheuer
Download or read book Movies on TV, 1986-1987 written by Steven H. Scheuer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1985 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Blockbuster Video Guide to Movies and Videos 1995 by : Blockbuster Entertainment
Download or read book Blockbuster Video Guide to Movies and Videos 1995 written by Blockbuster Entertainment and published by Island Books. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The respected expert in video sales and rentals offers an extensive reference guide of every film available on video--from new releases, classics and golden oldies to made-for-TV and foreign films. More than 20,000 entries, cross-indexed by title, director, celebrity, category, and more.
Book Synopsis Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins by : Mark Twain
Download or read book Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of a sober kind, picturing life in a little town of Missouri, half a century ago. The principal incidents relate to a slave of mixed blood and her almost pure white son, whom she substitutes for her master's baby. The slave by birth grows up in wealth and luxury, but turns out a peculiarly mean scoundrel, and perpetrating a crime, meets with due justice. The science of fingerprints is practically illustrated in detecting the fraud. The title character is the village atheist, whose maxims doubtless express much of the author's own disillusion.
Book Synopsis Video Movie Guide 1993 by : Mick Martin
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1993 written by Mick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Apocalyptic Four Publisher :EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing ISBN 13 :177053041X Total Pages :173 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (75 download)
Book Synopsis The Puzzle Box by : Apocalyptic Four
Download or read book The Puzzle Box written by Apocalyptic Four and published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing anthology where reality is transient and the puzzle box holds the key to the meaning of life. Archeology Professor Albert Mallory understands reality. He knows the way the world works. When he steals an ancient puzzle box to pay off gambling debts, he thinks the only mysterious thing about the artifact is how to get it open. But when a stranger appears at Albert’s door demanding to see the box, Albert is plunged into mysteries he never dreamt possible. Through the tales of four others who succeeded in opening the puzzle box — a musician named Warlock with a weakness for witches; photographer Autumn Bailey, with a strange link to the past; video store clerk Angela Matterly with those unworldly eyes; and a comic book illustrator called Sam, on a quest for his life — Albert learns that reality is transient and the way the world works is not found in text books.
Download or read book Time Out Film Guide written by John Pym and published by Time Out Guides. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Complete Index to British Sound Film Since 1928 by : Alan Goble
Download or read book The Complete Index to British Sound Film Since 1928 written by Alan Goble and published by Bowker-Saur. This book was released on 1999 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the editor of the Complete Index to World Film comes an equally comprehensive, if specialized, sourcebook on the output of the British film industry in the sound era. A vast range of theatrical styles and talents are covered in II fast-access indexes, including: -- 12,900 film entries with information on title, year, director(s), actor(s), type of film, length, alternative title, production/releasing company, and coproducing countries -- 3,900 directors -- 24,600 actors -- 1,100 cinematographers -- 1,200 composers -- 2,400 authors whose literary works were adapted to the screen
Author :Janice Blaine Publisher :EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing ISBN 13 :1770530398 Total Pages :280 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Urban Green Man written by Janice Blaine and published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this anthology are ripe with magic of new beginnings and will change the way you look at life, forever. With an introduction by Charles deLint Urban Green Man is a large anthology of urban and contemporary short literature; from an international cast of authors. Every story follows the theme of renewal surrounding the mythology of the Green Man.
