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04325aam a2200565 i 4500 001 9B6BA99AE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 160719s2016 msu b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2016019967 020 $a 1496808649 020 $a 9781496808646 035 $a (OCoLC)948826435 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3505.H3224 $b Z87 2016 082 00 $a 813/.52 $2 23 084 $a LIT004230 $a LIT004230 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Trott, Sarah, $e author. $e author. 245 10 $a War noir : $b Raymond Chandler and the hard-boiled detective as veteran in American fiction / $c Sarah Trott. 246 30 $a Raymond Chandler and the hard-boiled detective as veteran in American fiction 246 30 $a Hard-boiled detective as veteran in American fiction 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2016] 300 $a xx, 221 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a " The conflation of the hard-boiled style and war experience has influenced many contemporary crime writers, particularly in the traumatic aftermath of the Vietnam War. Yet, earlier writers in the genre, such as Raymond Chandler, remain overlooked when it comes to examining how their war experience affected their writing. Sarah Trott corrects this oversight by examining Chandler alongside the World War I writers of the Lost Generation as well as highlighting a melding of very different styles in Chandler's work. Based on Chandler's experience in combat, Trott explains that the writer created detective Philip Marlowe not as the idealization of heroic individualism, as is commonly perceived, but instead as an authentic individual subjected to very real psychological frailties from trauma during the First World War. Inspecting Chandler's work and correspondence indicates that the characterization of the fictional Marlowe goes beyond the traditional chivalric readings and can instead be interpreted as a genuine representation of a traumatized veteran in American society. Substituting the horror of the trenches for the corruption of the city, Chandler formed a disillusioned protagonist in an uncaring America. Chandler did so with the sophistication necessary to straddle genre fiction and canonical literature. The sum of this work offers a new understanding of how Chandler uses his war trauma, how that experience established the traditional archetype of detective fiction, and how this reading of his fiction enables Chandler to transcend generic limitations and be recognized as a key twentieth-century literary figure. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Chandler, Raymond, $d 1888-1959 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Chandler, Raymond, $d 1888-1959 $x Philip Marlowe. $x Philip Marlowe. 600 10 $a Marlowe, Philip $c (Fictitious character) 600 17 $a Chandler, Raymond, $d 1888-1959. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00043566 600 17 $a Marlowe, Philip $c (Fictitious character) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010370 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Influence. 650 0 $a Post-traumatic stress disorder in literature. 650 0 $a Noir fiction, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories, American $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Detective and mystery stories, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00891483 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 $a Noir fiction, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01038353 650 7 $a Post-traumatic stress disorder in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01910056 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Trott, Sarah, 1982- author. $t War noir $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2016 $z 9781496808653 $w (DLC) 2016033878 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125062539.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170203031527.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B6BA99AE9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search