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003			OCoLC
005			20240726102002.0
008			970203s1997 nyua b 000 1 eng
010			_a97002485
020			_a9781883011468
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBAKER _dNLGGC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dOCLCQ _dCO3 _dBTN _dCIRBC _dZWZ _dWAU
049			_aSBIM
050	0	4	_aPS648
050	0	4	_aPS648.C929.C756 1997
245	0	0	_aCrime novels : _bAmerican noir of the 1930s and 40s. _hPR
246	3	0	_aAmerican noir of the 1930s and 40s
260			_aNew York : _bLibrary of America : _c(c)1997.
260			_bDistributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA, _c(c)1997.
300			_a990 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe library of America ; _v94
504			_a1 (pages 983-990).
505	0	0	_aThe postman always rings twice _rJames M. Cain -- _tThey shoot horses, don't they _rHorace McCoy -- _tThieves like us _rEdward Anderson -- _tThe big clock _rKenneth Fearing -- _tNightmare alley _rWilliam Lindsay Gresham -- _tI married a dead man _rCornell Woolrich.
520	1		_a"This adventurous volume, with its companion devoted to the 1950s, 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"--Book jacket.
530			_a2
650		0	_aNoir fiction, American.
650		0	_aDetective and mystery stories, American.
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _y20th century.
650		0	_aDetective and mystery stories.
830		0	_aLibrary of America ; _v94.
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999			_c31411 _d31411
902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell