David Goodis’s Noir Fiction: The American Dream’s Paralysis
In its depiction of marginalized characters trapped within inner-city slums, David Goodis’s postwar fiction of the late 1940s through the 1950s constitutes a noir critique of the American Dream’s paralysis. The defining elements of that paradigm—romantic fulfillment, family cohesion, upward mobility...
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| Langue: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2021
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