THE AMERICAN ROMAN NOIR: Hammett, Cain, Chandler By William Marling Athens: The University of Georgia Press, (1995). First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 5 to the copyright page. Illustrated with photographs. "In The American Roman Noir, William Marling reads classic hard-boiled fiction and film in the contexts of narrative theories and American social and cultural history. His search for the origins of the dark narratives that emerged during the 1920s and 1930s leads to a sweeping critique of Jazz-Age and Depression-era culture. Integrating economic history, biography, consumer product design, narrative analysis, and film scholarship, Marling makes new connections between events of the 1920s and 1930s and the modes, styles, and genres of their representation."--dust jacket flap. Fine in fresh black linen with silver embossed titles to the spine, black headband and tail-band, blue end-papers; in a fine dust jacket. Octavo; 306 pages; notes; index. Uncommon in AS NEW condition. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.