At 02:43 PM 22/10/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Chandler was a hardboiled writer, not a noir writer.
Put some of
>those funny lines into a typical David Goodis downer
and see
>where it gets you...
I know it is the consensus of this list that Chandler is not
noir, but it is not one I agree with, even if Chandler
himself defined the genre in romantic terms. I don't say this
to re-open debate. Points that have been made to limit
Chandler to hardboil are valid, but I'd like to suggest that
as a world view (Eddie Muller listed this as one definition
of noir at that increasingly infamous Bouchercon panel) it is
valid for the reader to bring a noir point of view into a
work that the author may not have intended.
Also, I'd like to say that I find these discussions valuable
and enjoyable, even when I disagree with the consensus. My
thanks to you all for this indulgence. Sometime soon I must
take up your suggestion regarding Goodis.
Best Kerry
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