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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, bsandyman@a... wrote:
> There have been several good discussion in recent
months about the Existentialist
underpinnings of the noir genre. Does Hard Boiled have a
similar background, and if so, what is it?
>
> Off the cuff,
>
> Agressive Stoicism?
>
> To (badly) paraphrase DeCarte, "I been hard done by,
therefore I'm going to break some
heads!"
I don't know that there is a philosophy, but there's a
determined attitude to go through with it until a solution is
reached (or, in the case of Lew Archer, until everybody has
sunk). Beyond this determination, the various PIs and other
operators can vary widely in attitudes, motivations and modus
operandi. The latter ranges from practically nonviolent
(Mario Balzic) to ultraviolent (Mike Hammer), with lots in
between. Probably "reluctantly violent" is the most common
attitude in our fictional heroes.
Best,
MrT
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