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
...5 JAMES M. CAIN 11...hot-blooded exclamations. JAMES M. CAIN James M Cain RISING from a long submergence...practically the complete works of James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, Richard Hallas...
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A Chronological Outline of American Literature
Book by Samuel J. Rogal; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: American Literature--Bibliography, American Literature--Chronology
...Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork , James Cain The Institute , or Erskine Caldwell...acknowledge the importance of Professor James D. Hart classic Oxford Companion...Research Company, 1981. Hart James D. ed. . The Oxford Companion to...
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Contemporary American Playwrights
Book by Burns Mantle; Dodd, Mead, 1938
Subjects: American Drama--History And Criticism, Dramatists, American
...was then developing at the Court of St. James, and which later resulted in a kings abdication...others--the Group Theatre, Inc., and James Ullman. The title was changed to "Men...but also financed. He leased the St. James Theatre and became, for a little while...
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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
...Read, Mr. Charles Angoff, Mr. James Mallahan Cain, Mr. Edmund Wilson, and others...The Labor Leader," by James Mallahan Cain, so outraged the union printers...This writer is indebted to James M. Cain for the following account of...
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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
...OHara, humorists Joel Chandler Harris and James Thurber, writer Chris topher Morley...Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, James Thurber, and John OHara. Adams served...Coyle, George Ade New York, 1964 ; James DeMuth, Small Town Chicago: The Comic...
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Cain, James Mallahan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
CAIN, JAMES MALLAHAN 1892 1977, American novelist, b. Annapolis, Md., grad. Washington College, 1910. He taught journalism (1924 25) and wrote political...


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