RARA-AVIS: Noir Crit

From: southpaw@altavista.net
Date: 04 Jun 2000


I just came upon this intriguing list today -- is anyone familiar with any of the following author or books of (mostly) hardboiled/noir criticism? If so, which of these can you recommend?

American Noir:Underground Writers & Filmmakers of the Postwar Era Author: Cochran, David Publishing Date: 05/2000 | Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Binding: Hardcover | ISBN: 1560988134 | List Price: US$ 27.95

Detective Agency:Women Re-Writing the Hard-Boiled Tradition Author: Walton, Priscilla L. | Author: Jones, Manina Publishing Date: 05/1999 | Publisher: University of California Press Binding: Hardcover | ISBN: 0520215087 | List Price: US$ 16.95

Neon Noir:Hard-Boiled Film & Fiction from the 1960's to the Present Author: Haut, Woody Publishing Date: 02/1999 | Publisher: Serpent's Tail Binding: Paperback | ISBN: 1852425474 | List Price: US$ 16.99

Busybodies, Meddlers & Snoops:The Female Hero in Contemporary Women's Mysteries Author: Dilley, Kimberly J. Publishing Date: 06/1998 | Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated Binding: Hardcover | ISBN: 0313303304 | List Price: US$ 55.00

Mean Streets & Dark Deeds:The He-Man's Guide to Mysteries: Critical Evaluations of a Thousand Best Private Eye, Detective, Murder, Spy & Thriller Novels of Recent Times Author: Gray, Philip H. Publishing Date: 00/1998 | Publisher: Badger Press of Montana Binding: Hardcover | ISBN: 0966373405 | List Price: Unknown

Multicultural Detective Fiction:Murder from the "Other" Side Editor: Gosselin, Adrienne J. Publishing Date: 12/1998 | Publisher: Garland Publishing, Incorporated Binding: Cloth Text | ISBN: 0815331533 | List Price: US$ 60.00

The Hard Boiled Detective Novel Author: Silet, Charles L. Publishing Date: 04/1997 | Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference Binding: Hardcover | ISBN: 0805745769 | List Price: US$ 22.95

Places for Dead Bodies Author: Hausladen, Gary J. Publishing Date: 07/2000 | Publisher: University of Texas Press Binding: Paperback | ISBN: 0292731302 | List Price: US$ 18.95

The Naked City:Urban Crime Fiction in the U. S. A. Author: Willet, Ralph Publishing Date: 04/1996 | Publisher: Manchester University Press Binding: Cloth Text | ISBN: 0719043018 | List Price: US$ 26.95

The Critical Response to Raymond Chandler Editor: Van Dover, J. K. Publishing Date: 02/1995 | Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated Binding: Library Binding | ISBN: 0313279489 | List Price: US$ 62.95

Detective Fiction Author: Smith, James Publishing Date: 11/1995 | Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Binding: Perfect | Paper Text | ISBN: 0787218480 | List Price: US$ 37.95

The New Hard-Boiled Dicks:Heroes for a New Urban Mythology Author: Skinner, Robert E. Publishing Date: 00/1995 | Publisher: Millefleurs Binding: Paperback | ISBN: 0941028143 | List Price: US$ 21.00

Self-Portrait:Ceaselessly into the Past Author: MacDonald, Ross | Editor: Sipper, Ralph B. Publishing Date: 00/1995 | Publisher: Millefleurs Binding: Paperback | ISBN: 0941028267 | List Price: US$ 19.00

The Crime Novel:A Deviant Genre Author: Hilfer, Tony Publishing Date: 09/1990 | Publisher: University of Texas Press Binding: Paperback | ISBN: 0292711360 | List Price: US$ 13.95

Bloody Murder:From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel Author: Symons, Julian Publishing Date: 07/1986 | Publisher: Viking Penguin Binding: Paperback | ISBN: 0140072632 | List Price: US$ 6.95

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