--- Rene Ribic <
rribic@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> And just to get the road back on the show, ie,
back
> on topic I've just
> begun to wonder what HB/noir novels deal with
a
> doppelganger theme.
> Right now, I can't think of any but I'm sure
there
> must be some &
> probably some well known ones (& probably one or
two
> I've read).
Believe it or not, I'm in the process of writing a thesis on
the doppleganger in southern (U.S.) hard-boiled detective
fiction. My major focus is on James Lee Burke's HEAVEN'S
PRISONERS and JDM's THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BYE. I also reference
Poe's Dupin stories and Mark Twain's PUDD'NHEAD WILSON,
neither of which is hard-boiled, of course, but both of which
are southern detective stories--and Twain certainly had his
moments. (In fact, one of the earliest uses of the term
"hard-boiled," according to the OED, was by Twain.)
I was going to include some other works, but I have more than
enough primary material at this point. Right now I'm working
on identifying not additional instances of the theme, but the
significance of it
(although I would certainly welcome comments from any
interested persons on either topic). Actually, right now I'm
working on other things, but when I pick up my thesis again
in a week or two, that's what I'll be doing.
G.
===== George C. Upper III, Editor The Lightning Bell Poetry
Journal http://www.lightningbell.org/
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