The mysterious romance of murder crime, detection, and the spirit of noir / David Lehman.
| Author/creator | Lehman, David, 1948- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: the mysterious romance of murder -- Cracking wise -- Paradise of the damned: 17 notes on noir -- Poetry noir -- Five noir poems -- Heres to crime -- The last cigarette -- Among my souvenirs -- The great British spymasters -- The limits of logic: Trents last case (E. C. Bentley) -- Dashiell Hammett's Priceless patter -- Paperclip (Raymond Chandler) -- Grim grin (Graham Greene) -- Rex Stout: the emperor of Couronne de Canard -- Ida Lupino: the First Lady of noir -- Black Friday (David Goodis) -- Orange noir (Charles Willeford) -- Ed McBain: the man from Isola -- Hitchcock's America -- Straight down the line: Billy Wilder's Double indemnity (1944) -- Strangers and mirrors: Orson Welles's The stranger (1946) and The -- lady from Shanghai (1947) -- An exchange of bullets in Belfast: Carol Reed's Odd man out (1947) -- Blind accidents: John Huston's The asphalt jungle (1950) -- Epitaph for a genre: Stanley Kubrick's The killing (1956) -- Shadow of evil: Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear (1962) -- A reluctant spy's conversion: William Holden in The counterfeit traitor (1962) -- Gangsters in love: Sergio Leone's Once upon a time in America (1984) -- Rogue's gallery -- Why not New York? -- Three astrological profiles -- No R. |
| Abstract | "The Mysterious Romance of Murder is about mysteries, murder-mystery movies and books, and about the romance of "noir" as a style, an outlook, a spirit"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Lehman, David, 1948- Mysterious romance of murder Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501763625 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021048704 |
| ISBN | 9781501763649 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781501763632 (epub) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |