Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: The Hard-Boiled Detective Transformed
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Since their inception, detective novels have been a wildly successful genre of American fiction, featuring a uniquely American belief in rugged individualism. This book focuses on Raymond Chandler's creation of Philip Marlowe, a detective whose feeling for community and willingness to compromise radically changed the genre's vigilantism and violence. It compares Chandler's work to early and mid-20th century American detective novels, particularly those by John Carroll Daly, Mickey Spillane, Dashiell Hammett and Ross Macdonald, as well as contemporary British detective fiction, highlighting Chandler's contribution to the American genre.
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01/10/2014
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Acknowledgments vii
Preface 1
Introduction 3
One. Rugged Individualism in Carroll John Daly and Mickey Spillane 25
Two. Dashiell Hammett: Individualism in Transition 54
Three. Marlowe as Negotiator 70
Four. Marlowe and the Police 86
Five. Marlowe and the Criminals 114
Six. Ross Macdonald 138
Seven. Cinematic Considerations 161
Conclusion 178
Chapter Notes 193
Works Cited 195
Index 199
