Chandler wrote, in "The Simple Art of Murder" (when speaking
of various distinctions within literature, namely "literature
of expression" and "literature of escape"), "this is critics'
jargon, a use of abstract words as if they had absolute
meanings."
I wonder if he'd say the same for these unending debates on
definitions of and distictions between noir and
hard-boiled.... Abstract concepts DO have meaning, but trying
to establish a concrete definition seems silly and perhaps
even delusional.
~Marc
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From: Michael Robison
Without a definition it has no meaning.
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