紀錄類型: |
書目-語言資料,印刷品
: Monograph/item
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杜威分類號: |
813/.087209 |
書名/作者: |
Detectives in the shadows : : a hard-boiled history // Susanna Lee. |
作者: |
Lee, Susanna, |
出版者: |
Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2020. |
面頁冊數: |
216 p. : : ill. ;; 24 cm. |
標題: |
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism. |
標題: |
Detective and mystery films - History and criticism. - United States |
標題: |
Detectives in literature. |
標題: |
Detectives in motion pictures. |
標題: |
Heroes in literature. |
標題: |
Heroes in motion pictures. |
標題: |
Toughness (Personality trait) |
標題: |
National characteristics, American, in literature. |
標題: |
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures. |
ISBN: |
9781421437095 (hbk.) : |
書目註: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-207) and index. |
內容註: |
Introduction. A Silhouette -- Chapter One. Arriving on the Scene -- Chapter Two: A Moral Compass -- Chapter Three: A Rugged Individual -- Chapter Four: The Lone Wolf -- Chapter Five: A Person of Honor -- Selected Authors' Fictional Works. |
摘要、提要註: |
"Crime fiction expert Susanna Lee tracks the evolution of the hard-boiled character type over time and media in the United States. She shows how crime fiction rose in popularity at times of national conflict. Readers and viewers crave the sort of grit and independence that the hard-boiled detective offers when reality may leave them feeling they lack control over their own lives. This is a study of literature and film and also a work of cultural studies"-- |