David Goodis’s Noir Fiction: The American Dream’s Paralysis
In its depiction of marginalized characters trapped within inner-city slums, David Goodis’s postwar fiction of the late 1940s through the 1950s constitutes a noir critique of the American Dream’s paralysis. The defining elements of that paradigm—romantic fulfillment, family cohesion, upward mobility...
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European Association for American Studies
2021-05-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/16718 |
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