----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie E. Polichar"
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valerie@ucsd.edu>
> My personal opinion: I see a lot of noir in
Hemingway's short
> stories. It comes across (for me) in two ways: the
fact that, in many
> of his stories, the characters are inexorably locked
into fates they
> can't escape; and the structure of his writing
itself. I think his
> short-sentence, plain-spoken language influenced
scores of noir writers.
> Great punch can come from describing the most
desperate of
> situations in emotionless, ticker-tape
phrases.
It can indeed, but I'd suggest the hardboiled epithet is a
better fit. Emotionless noir, to my mind, is an
oxymoron.
Al
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