James M. Cain : hard-boiled mythmaker / David Madden, Kristopher Mecholsky.
James M. Cain wrote some of the most gritty novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker is a critical overviewof the author's life, work, and legacy. An updated and expanded...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
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2011.
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| Summary: | James M. Cain wrote some of the most gritty novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker is a critical overviewof the author's life, work, and legacy. An updated and expanded edition of two of David Madden's scholarly works on Cain, this new book improves upon the previous works by collecting the most essential writing on Cain by Madden into one volume. In addition to melding existing material, this work contains updated and new material, including fresh commentaries on later. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780810881198 0810881195 1283071851 9781283071857 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |