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A paper that discusses the characterization of The Continental Op, the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's noir novel, "Red Harvest". Also highlights the similarities between the novel's setting and the socioeconomic conditions of America in the 1920s.

A candid look into gender roles in hard-boiled detective fiction, this introduction to the series that will feature Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler and Walter Mosley.

Cornell Woolrich was a contemporary of Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain. That he isn't as well known despite being more influential is par for the course in the history of American literature.

Remember the all those cool, trench-coated, straight-laced, seen-it-all, sarcastic and cynical detectives we loved to read about and watch that dominated the mystery field, both in film and print, during the '40's and '50's? Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.

The Electra complex rears its ugly head in Dashiell Hammett's "The Thin Man" with Nick and Mimi as parental figures of twenty year-old Dorothy as she experiences this dramatic stage in Freudian development.

We never learn the name of the narrator in the book Red Harvest, yet, we quickly come to understand the personality of this individual simply by the e way he talks and the language he uses.

The King County, Washington, Library System will launch The Big Read on September 15th. Using a grant provided by the National Endowment for the Arts program "The Big Read," the King County Library System is one of 117 libraries nationwide selected to participate this fall.

This is the story of the Hollywood Ten, as they would become known, and what happened to them because of the blacklist. These 10 men, writers and directors, were among the first to be called to testify.

Dana Gioia, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, wants to get America reading again, and the Big Read is doing just that.

Are you a published or aspiring author, or even a devoted and voracious reader of the great works of literature?

"In detective stories, virtue is always triumphant. They're the purest literature we have." -- Lord Peter Wimsey in Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

Is May 27th your birthday? How will you celebrate this momentous occasion? With what notable individuals do you share your birth date?

Review of Charlie Huston's latest novel in the Joe Pitt Casebooks series, No Dominion

A retrospect of MGM's Thin Man series of films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Why, in high school, for patriotic reasons, I refused to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance.

With their racy Kitsch covers and questionable literary content, pulp novels never pretended to be anything other than a ten-cent throwaway read for the man on the move.

Character analysis of the main characaters in the Maltese Falcon.

If you like to cook Southern favorites at home, then you are probably familiar with the name of Miss Edna Lewis. Miss Lewis used her cooking talents to become "one of the best cooks in America"! Read about her interesting life today!

The Samurai film is to Japan what the Western is to the US, movies full of heroes who resonate to the Japanese character. In order to fully understand, instead of only enjoy, these movies, a Westerner needs to know Japanese history and culture.

When movie adaptations of comics go wrong, it's usually because the creator of the original source material is ignored. In Sin City, and it's upcoming sequel, whatever went wrong is entirely Frank Miller's fault.

Film review of The Getaway.

Having produced some of the most critically acclaimed films in history, Joel and Ethan Coen have cemented their places in Hollywood royalty, The brothers continue to produce major hits featuring Tinseltown's biggest box-office stars.

A list of new and old books that redefined and reworked the mystery/detective genre. Plus I like them.

One of my favorite parts of the movie year is reading the top 10 lists that every critic feels compelled to thrust upon his or her audience. It is amazing how you end up so passionately agreeing and angrily dismissing the choices.

Dore Schary was a stage actor-turned-playwright who became a screenwriter in Hollywood, eventually rising to become M-G-M production chief. Schary was a great liberal who believed in the didactic power of the movies.

We all know it's not always true that the book was better: consider Jaws, for example. And we all know where some movies succeed because they altered the novel. But what happens when a great novel becomes a great movie because the film remained faithful?

A review of Raymond Chandler's seminal noir novel introducing the iconic Private Eye Philip Marlowe.

Flash Gordon is coming back. The Sci-Fi channel is premiering its new 22-episode Flash Gordon series starring Eric Johnson with a 90-minute lead-off episode.