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RARA-AVIS: Re: Cornell Woolrich question
On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Spurlock, Duane wrote:
> My next question: This volume includes no publication info on these
> stories' original appearance. Can anyone supply date and magazine names
> for 'em:
Courtesy of Francis M. Nevin's amazing Woolrich biography, _First You
Dream, Then You Die_ (NY: The Mysterious Press, 1988):
> "Rear Window"
_Dime Detective_, Feb. 1942 (as "It Had to be Murder")
> "Post-Mortem"
_Black Mask_, April 1940
> "Three O'Clock"
_Detective Fiction Weekly_, 1 October 1938
> "Change of Murder"
_Detective Fiction Weekly_, 25 January 1936
> "Momentum"
_Detective Fiction Weekly_, 14 December 1940 (As "Murder Always Gathers
Momentum")
> Finally, what is the "so-called Black Series of suspense novels"
These are better known as the "Serie Noire"--classic American (mostly)
detective and crime fiction with a decidedly dark tone. Authors include
Woolrich, David Goodis, Raymond Chandler, and the like. The chances are
that if a *film noir* was based on a book, that book is one of the Serie
Noire.
Hope this helps!
Katherine Harper
Department of English
Bowling Green State University
Visit the W.R. Burnett Page at http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~kharper/
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