<<We are talking hardboiled fiction here. If we turn it
into hardboiled "literature," I'm afrai we will greatly limit
out discussion.>>
Jack, you're making it too complicated. I used literature in
its straightforward sense: a written piece or collection of
pieces.
<<In fact, the only topic may become "What is
literature?">>
No, please. Let's debate "What is hardboiled?" and "What is
noir?" instead. Or, to make it easier, "What is the
difference between hardboiled and noir and, should these be
proven to be intersecting genres, what is the extent of such
an intersection, what are representative examples of
hardnoir, and what are some useful criteria for telling
without reading the works in question?". It might lead to a
useful discussion of jacket blurbs, babes on the cover, the
pulps and Tarantino.
Currently rereading Conrad's _Heart of Darkness_,
fantastic.
Best,
MrT
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