America Noir: Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Era

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Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000 - Literary Collections - 280 pages
An examination of how the subterranean pulp genres of crime novels, B-movies, & science fiction helped express the underlying aspects of confusion & alienation during the period of postwar confidence & prosperity. The works of Jim Thompson, Chester Himes, Rod Serling & the Twilight Zone, Patricia Highsmith, & Roger Corman, along with others are closely examined.

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of Absurdity
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of Charles Willeford
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the Fantastic World of Ray Bradbury
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