Datebook: ISU Profs Take Noir Down A New, Dark Alley
Laura Kennedy / WGLT A world-weary detective...a cynical femme fatale...a bleak night world of sex and violence. Think Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Graham, Dana Andrews, Audrey Totter. Now think again--about noir. A new book from a pair of Illinois State University English professors proposes a fresh understanding of the classic genre. “Noir Affect” (Fordham University Press) reveals that noir is more than simply a specific cycle of mid-century American movies or novels. In a deep dive beneath the surface, co-editors Christopher Breu and the late Elizabeth Hatmaker, along wit...
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