Secret Passage to Chaos: Dashiell Hammett’s The Dain Curse
In The Maltese Falcon (1931), Sam Spade tells Brigid a story that clearly fascinates him: a prosperous businessman from Tacoma named Flitcraft disappeared, deserting his wife and children. When Spade finally found him in Spokane, the life he had made for himself in the new place was exactly the sam...
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| Τόπος έκδοσης: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/polysemes, |
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| Μορφή: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Γλώσσα: | Anglais |
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Polysèmes
2017
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | In The Maltese Falcon (1931), Sam Spade tells Brigid a story that clearly fascinates him: a prosperous businessman from Tacoma named Flitcraft disappeared, deserting his wife and children. When Spade finally found him in Spokane, the life he had made for himself in the new place was exactly the same as the one he had left behind. The man explained that ever since the day he was almost hit by a beam as he was walking near a building site, he had been acutely aware of the fact that all men wer... |
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