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A Dashiell Hammett Companion

Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Detective And Mystery Stories, American--Encyclopedias, Hammett, Dashiell--1894-1961--Encyclopedias

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...preliminary way. EVANS, ROSE . Hammetts housekeeper. When Hammett rented a Greenwich Village...along well with Mary Jane Hammett,* Hammetts daughter, and that she was...reluctant intermediary between Hammett and Lillian Hellman.* Evans...
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The Critical Response to Dashiell Hammett

Book by Christopher Metress; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Detective And Mystery Stories, American--History And Criticism, Hammett, Dashiell--1894-1961--Criticism And Interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...another, is not unique to the later Hammett. But the explicit discussion of...character herself is unprecedented in Hammett. We here see Hammetts fiction thematize and so transcend itself. For as Hammett himself represents them, women now...
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Which Way Did He Go? The Private Eye in Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes, and Ross MacDonald

Book by Edward Margolies; Holmes & Meier, 1982

Subjects:

Detective And Mystery Stories, American--History And Criticism, Heroes In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Glass Key , 1931 , Hammett wrote Lillian Hellman...1934, was not only Hammetts last detective novel...for screenplays, Hammetts creative years had...Why cant I write?" Hammett died in January 1961. Hammetts fallow years are their...
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Dark Cinema: American Film Noir in Cultural Perspective

Book by Jon Tuska; Greenwood Press, 1984

Subjects:

Detective And Mystery Films--United States--History And Criticism, Film Noir--United States

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...but by 1926 Dashiell Hammetts stories had become models...in an Introduction to a Hammett story collection, was convinced that Hammetts detective stories combine...DETECTIVE FICTION DASHIELL HAMMETT Hammetts so-called "realistic...
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Possums and Bird Dogs: Australian Army Aviation's 161 Reconnaissance Flight in South Vietnam

Book by Peter Nolan; Allen & Unwin, 2006

Subjects:

Australia--Army Aviation Corp--Reconnaissance Flight, 161--History, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Aerial Operations, Australian, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives, Australian, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Regimental Histories--Australia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...at us and it didnt seem like they gave a shit. Anyway, we went back to Coral and I told Maj or Tony Hammett about this. Next thing, Hammetts company is heading north looking for these Charlies. And Tony said, Come and show me where this camp...

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The Crime of the Sign: Dashiell Hammett's Detective Fiction

Journal article by Carl D. Malmgren; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 45, 1999

Subjects:

Detective and mystery stories--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hammett, Dashiell--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Red Harvest (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Sign: Dashiell Hammetts Detective Fiction by CARL D. MALMGREN Hammett took murder out...writers who followed Hammett were not entirely comfortable with Hammetts "dark, unstable...others influenced by Hammett have each embraced...individualism, Hammetts fiction does not...
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The Politics of Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest

Journal article by J.A. Zumoff; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

Authors--Works, Communist Party U.S.A.--Portrayals, Detective and mystery stories--Criticism and interpretation, Detective fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Hammett, Dashiell--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Red Harvest (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Party. Dashiell Hammetts novels transformed...literature. Before Hammett, mystery stories...Metress notes, "Hammetts association with...academy" (67). Hammett wrote his most famous...letter he wrote (Hammett, "Letter," 48...the novel reflects Hammetts political half...
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Class, Labor, and the Home-Front Detective: Hammett, Chandler, Woolrich, and the Dissident Lawman (and Woman) in 1940s Hollywood and Beyond

Journal article by Dennis Broe; Social Justice, Vol. 32, 2005

Subjects:

Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Bogart, Humphrey--Criticism and interpretation, Chandler, Raymond--Criticism and interpretation, Detective and mystery stories--Criticism and interpretation, Detective fiction--Criticism and interpretation, Hammett, Dashiell--Criticism and interpretation, Woolrich, Cornell--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation

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...11 "endless" war. Hammetts Hollywood Pulp novels...fiction, and Dashiell Hammett was the most skillful...of that convergence. Hammetts conversion to the Left...Raymond Chandler believed Hammetts process invested the...the upper classes. "Hammett gave murder back to...
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City Jungles and Expressionist Reifications from Brecht to Hammett

Journal article by John Walker Lindh; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 44, 1998

Subjects:

Brecht, Bertolt--Criticism, interpretation, etc., City and town life--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Expressionism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hammett, Dashiell--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...During pursuits, Hammett inserts precise geographies...Berlin Alexanderplatz. Hammetts interiors, perfectly...The Novels of Dashiell Hammett." Tough Guy Writers...of Labor in Dashiell Hammetts Red Harvest." Publications...Illinois UP, 1968. Hammett, Dashiell. "The Big...
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Hammett's Flitcraft Parable, the Stepfather, and the Significance of Falling Beams

Journal article by Martin Harris; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2006

Subjects:

Identity, Motion pictures, Mysteries, Novels

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...digression in Dashiell Hammetts 1930 novel The Maltese...kind of cornerstone of Hammett studies, the Flitcraft...an important key to Hammetts feelings about the meaning...significant information about Hammett, also provides a key...viewers familiar with Hammetts novel, as John Hustons...

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Classic Lighting for Hammett

Magazine article by Richard Patterson; American Cinematographer, Vol. 64, November 1982

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...the action around the bed. Hammetts key was flagged off the bed...the closeups on Hagedorn and Hammett with perhaps a slight adjustment for Hammetts close up. He probably added an eyelight for the closeup on Hammett, using a midget with a snoot...
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From Debt Do You Part: Aleas Hammett and Her Husband, David, Are Beginning the Long, Hard Process of Eliminating the Debt That Clouds Their Future

Magazine article by Carolyn M. Brown; Black Enterprise, Vol. 32, January 2002

Subjects:

Financial management--Technique, Personal budgets--Finance

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...do you part: Aleas Hammett and her husband, David...For Aleas and David Hammett of Upper Marlboro...Married seven years, the Hammetts accumulated $70,000...REFINANCE THE MORTGAGE The Hammetts purchased their home...Financial Snapshot: Aleas Hammett HOUSEHOLD INCOME Gross...
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Sam Spade's San Francisco

Magazine article by Don Freeman; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 264, March 1992

Subjects:

Hammett, Dashiell (1894-1961), San Francisco California, Tourism & travel, Writers

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...called the Dashiell Hammett Tour and this moment...cherished by all the Hammett buffs. By extension...fans of Sam Spade, Hammetts sterling fictional detective...like a blond satan," Hammett wrote about Spade...life derivation of Hammetts evil characters, including...
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Literary Lives

Magazine article by Edward Sorel; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, December 2003

Subjects:

Authors--Behavior, Authors--Chronologies, Hammett, Dashiell--Behavior, Hellman, Lilian--Behavior, Writers--Behavior, Writers--Chronologies

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...25, MEETS HANDSOME DASHIELL HAMMETT, 36, IN HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED 1938 WITH HAMMETT IN HOLLYWOOD AND INGERSOLL...COASTAL MENAGE A TROIS UNTIL HAMMETT COLLAPSES FROM ALCOHOL AND...SHE FINAGLED THE RIGHTS TO HAMMETTS WORK. WHICH SHOULD HAVE GONE...
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Portfolio

Magazine article by Jack Hammett; PSA Journal, Vol. 55, September 1989

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China--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Monument Valley--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Navajos--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Photography of the nude--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Photography--Landscaping

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Portfolio by Jack Hammett In 1985, I spent some time making images in Monument Valley. Thats where I made the picture of the Navajo woman weaving and the...

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Body Talk: Is Food Making Me Feel Unwell? THAT TIRED AND BLOATED FEELING MAY NOT BE YOUR HECTIC LIFESTYLE - IT COULD BE A FOOD INTOLERANCE. ANDREA HAMMETT TRIES OUT THE LATEST TESTS TO DETECT ENEMY FOODS

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 3, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...FEELING MAY NOT BE YOUR HECTIC LIFESTYLE - IT COULD BE A FOOD INTOLERANCE. ANDREA HAMMETT TRIES OUT THE LATEST TESTS TO DETECT ENEMY FOODS. Byline: ANDREA HAMMETT PILATES and Atkins are so over. This year the cutting edge trendies have all got...
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Body Talk: Fad's the Way to Do It; YOU'VE TRIED THE DIETS AND FITNESS FADS OF 2004, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN? ANDREA HAMMETT FINDS OUT WHICH ONES AREN'T WORTH KEEPING UP IN 2005

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 6, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...THE DIETS AND FITNESS FADS OF 2004, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE A NEW WOMAN? ANDREA HAMMETT FINDS OUT WHICH ONES ARENT WORTH KEEPING UP IN 2005. Byline: ANDREA HAMMETT SOUTH BEACH DIET WHAT WAS ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? Basically a toned-down Atkins...
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Workout with the Stars; If Your New Year Fitness Goals Seem like a Distant Memory - after All, Who Wants to Go to the Gym When It's Raining or Snowing? - Revive Your Good Intentions with a DVD Workout in the Comfort of Your Own Home. Fitness Instructor Tara Hammett Puts Six Celebrity Exercise Regimes through Their Paces

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 21, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Workout in the Comfort of Your Own Home. Fitness Instructor Tara Hammett Puts Six Celebrity Exercise Regimes through Their Paces. LEAN...like Steps! HMV price: pounds 14.99 Rating: 8/10 Tara Hammett, personal trainer, Swansea, 07866 046 223, tarahammett1...
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A Voice of His Own; William Leece Probes the Literary Influences of Irish-Born Crime Writer John Connolly

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 10, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...But writers like Wodehouse, Hammett and Chandler, whose styles...parody. "A lot of people after Hammett and Chandler were just bad imitations...think thats how Chandler and Hammett wrote. "Look, Hammetts not the greatest writer in the...
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Partners in Crime; Book of the Week

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 27, 2009

Subjects:

Books

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...creator Dashiell Hammett only gave him one...novelist, knows his Hammett inside out. With the blessing of Hammetts only surviving daughter...thrilling and lengthy as Hammetts. His dialogue too...sentiment, whereas Hammett simply gave us the...

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Hammett, Dashiell

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

HAMMETT, DASHIELL d shel , 1894 1961...original tough "private eye." Hammetts novels The Maltese Falcon...Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921 1990 (2001); biographies...J. Mellen, Hellman and Hammett (1996); studies by W...
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Hellman, Lillian

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in the Attic (1960). In 1931 she met the writer Dashiell Hammett , who remained her constant companion until his death in 1961...1969) and Pentimento (1973); J. Mellen, Hellman and Hammett (1996). ____________________ Copyright...
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Wenders, Wim

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a documentary featuring a group of superb elderly Cuban musicians. His other films include The American Friend (1977), Hammett (1982), Until the End of the World (1991), and The End of Violence (1997). Wenders also is a still photographer and...
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Mystery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...police procedure" novelists are Freeman Wills Crofts, George Bagby, Ed McBain, and Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. Dashiell Hammett initiated the "hard-boiled" detective genre, featuring tough, brash, yet honorable "private eyes" living on the seedy...

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