Thanks, Jeff. I had intended to introduce myself to the list
before otherwise posting, but that seems not to have worked
out.
Hi, everyone. My name is David Rachels, and I am a professor
of nineteenth-century American literature at the Virginia
Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. (Not that there is
anything particularly military about me-I just happen to
teach at a military college.) My first encounter with the
pulp-noir that I love came somewhere around the eighth grade
(circa 1980-81) when I saw Mickey Spillane on Tomorrow with
Tom Snyder. Their discussion of Vengeance Is Mine sent me
rushing to my local paperback bookstore, and I read that
novel and I, the Jury and a few other Spillanes as a result.
Unfortunately, nobody was around to tell me that there were
other books in this line that I really ought to read.
Fast forward to five years ago. A friend asks me, "Are you a
Cornell Woolrich fan?" and I say "Who?" and he looks at me
like I'm a Martian. So I read a bunch of Woolrich, and I've
been reading as much of this stuff as I can ever since.
Looking ahead, it appears that I will be teaching a class on
noir in the Spring 2009 semester (so I'm trying my best to be
a fast learner!). As that date approaches and I start
cobbling a syllabus together, I'm sure that I will have many
things to ask you folks about. . . .
Nice to meet you all,
David
From:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Vorzimmer
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:27 AM To:
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Graphic Novels/Snobbery
That's about what I would have written had an extra 10-15
minutes. It probably reflects the opinion of a lot of use
here.
Glad you found us, David. You're a good fit here.
Jeff
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