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The American thriller :

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The American thriller :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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generic innovation and social change in the 1970s /

First Statement of Responsibility

Paul Cobley

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 242 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Series Title

Crime files series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index

Text of Note

"The American thriller developed in a distinctive way in the 1970s, generating exciting and interesting narratives about crime, police, detectives, corruption, paranoia and revenge. At a time when American political life seemed to be the very stuff of thrillers, the genre underwent a major transformation. But how can we know how these new thrillers were experienced in the period? How can we gain a sense of the ways in which they were read by contemporary audiences? This book seeks to address these questions by looking at films, TV programmes and print fiction from the 1970s By focusing on numerous thrillers, including Dirty Harry, Death Wish, Marathon Man, Shaft, Kojak, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Chinatown and All the President's Men, it explores the way that the reading of thrillers might be bound up in commonplace - but often neglected - relations."--Jacket

American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism

Detective and mystery stories, American-- History and criticism

Literary form-- History-- 20th century

Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 20th century

Social change in literature

Suspense fiction-- History and criticism

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Cobley, Paul,1963-

Date of Transaction

20160712065541.0

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