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David Goodis (1917-1967)

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Crime Fiction
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages487-494
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9781405167659
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 30 2010

Keywords

  • David Goodis (1917-1967)
  • David Goodis's important contribution to noir genre - a very different understanding of noir masculinity
  • Goodis walks a fine line - intensifying recurrent obsessions of noir and deconstructing the genre altogether
  • Goodis's originality, not exclusively a product of his difference - from other major noir writers
  • Magnitude of David Goodis's achievement and distinctiveness - of his contribution to the genre
  • noir writers sharing Goodis's interest in masculinity - critics, discussing relationship between noir narratives and masculinity
  • Philadelphia stage of Goodis's career getting off - to a spectacular start with Cassidy's Girl (1951)
  • Potentially risky desire for connection - theme in Goodis's work, as a noir writer

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