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Michael D. Sharp Email: msharp@umich.edu
Department of English Lang. and Lit. Phone: (313)
761-8776
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fax: (313) 763-3128
On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Joshua B Lukin wrote:
> Dr. Sharp--
> To answer your question: I have an idea, which may
become a thesis,
> of discussing "The disposal of women in Fifties noir
fiction." Keene's
> short story, "Nothing to Worry About," dealt
marvelously with that theme.
> I thought he might have covered it elsewhere as well.
Moreover, I have to
> display a thorough knowledge of the origins of the
hard-boiled genre by
> August, as it's the topic of one of my prelims (or
Orals).
> Other writers I'm using for the disposal-of-women
topic include
> Spillane, Thompson, Highsmith, Phil Dick, and Fredric
Brown. Maybe
> Shirley Jackson's _The_Bird's_Nest_. Recommendations
welcome.
> Yours,
> Josh Lukin
>
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