Reputedly, Hammett told James Thurber that part of the plot
for Falcon came from Wings of the Dove. Hammett also said
that it was to James that he owed his 'conceptions of
literary style and his ideas of method'. And Hammett also
used 'The Turn Of The Screw' as an example of literary
excellence in an introduction to a short story collection
called 'Creeps By Night' (John Day, 1931).
But as Kevin pointed out, you have to watch what writers say.
They're generally pretty good at spinning a yarn.
Al
----- Original Message ----- From: "jacquesdebierue" <
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21, 2007 5:25 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Hammett and... Henry
James
> Not long ago, a comparison was made here between the
hardboiled style
> exemplified by Dashiell Hammett and the labored,
labyrinthine style of
> Henry James.
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