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Title:

The philosophy of film noir / edited by Mark T. Conard ; foreword by Robert Porfirio.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xv, 248 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Film noir--History and criticism.

Other Authors:

Conard, Mark T., 1965-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Ride the pink horse: money, mischance, murder, and the monads of film noir / Alain Silver. A darker shade: realism in neo-noir / Jason Holt -- Moral clarity and practical reason in film noir / Aeon J. Skoble -- Cherchez la femme fatale: the mother of film noir / Read Mercer Schuchardt -- From Sherlock Holmes to the hard-boiled detective in film noir / Jerold J. Abrams -- Film noir and the meaning of life / Steven M. Sanders -- The horizon of disenchantment: film noir, Camus, and the vicissitudes of descent / Alan Woolfolk -- Symbolism, meaning, and nihilism in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp fiction / Mark T. Conard -- Film noir and the Frankfurt School: America as wasteland in Edgar Ulmer's Detour / Paul A. Cantor -- Knowledge, morality, and tragedy in The killers and Out of the past / Ian Jarvie -- Moral man in the dark city: film noir, the postwar religious revival, and The accused / R. Barton Palmer -- On reason and passion in The Maltese falcon / Deborah Knight -- Ride the pink horse: money, mischance, murder, and the monads of film noir / Alain Silver.

ISBN:

9780813123776
9780813123776 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813123771 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61878851

LCCN:

2005030639

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)