CAIN, JAMES MALLAHAN

1892–1977, American novelist, b. Annapolis, Md., grad. Washington College, 1910. He taught journalism (1924–25) and wrote political commentaries for the New York World (1924–31). His "hard-boiled" novels concern middle-class lovers who are driven to crime and violence. They include The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), Mildred Pierce (1941), The Magician's Wife (1966), and Rainbow's End (1974).

See biography by R. Hoopes (1985); study by D. Madden (1985).

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The Boys in the Back Room: Notes on California Novelists
Book by Edmund Wilson; Colt Press, 1941
Subjects: American Fiction--History And Criticism, American Literature--California, Cain, James M--(James Mallahan)--1892-1977, O'Hara, John--1905-1970, Saroyan, William--1908-, Steinbeck, John--1902-1968
James M Cain RISING from a long submergence in the politics and literature of the...reading, I have just regaled myself with practically the complete works of James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, Richard Hallas, John OHara, William Saroyan, John...
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Contemporary American Playwrights
Book by Burns Mantle; Dodd, Mead, 1938
Subjects: American Drama--History And Criticism, Dramatists, American
...Hearst New York American and has contributed liberally to the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. JAMES MALLAHAN CAIN JAMES MALLAHAN CAIN used journalism principally as a stepping stone to put him into the teaching and writing business...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...treason. In the ancient tapes- tries Cain and Judas are represented with yellow...with a little yellow heard, a Cain-coloured beard. Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor , i. 4. Cain, James Mallahan 1892- . American novelist of the...
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Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists
Book by Sam G. Riley; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Fiction, Journalists--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
...Journalism Review April 1986 : 31-36. Cain, James Mallahan 1 July 1892-27 Oct. 1977 . Known...novels that were made into movies, James Cain was a columnist and editorial writer...York World from 1924 to 1931. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland...
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H.L. Mencken and the American Mercury Adventure
Book by M. K. Singleton; Duke University Press, 1962
Subjects: Mencken, H. L--(Henry Louis)--1880-1956
...Burke, Kenneth, 50 , 207 Cabell, James Branch, 4 , 10 , 13 , 47 . 76...144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 226 , 227 Cain, James Mallahan, 38 , 69 , 81 , 137 , 142 , 182...Conway, Arlington, 149 Cook, James H., 148 Coolidge, Calvin, 4...
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Cain, James Mallahan
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CAIN, JAMES MALLAHAN 1892 1977, American novelist, b. Annapolis, Md., grad. Washington College, 1910. He taught journalism (1924 25) and...


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