Without any desire to re-open the can of worms containing the
elusive definitions of these terms, I wanted to ask regular
readers of these genres why we read them. Do the vicarious
experiences of noir heroes / anti-heroes provide a release
for the fear and pity, a la Aristotle's Poetics, that we
normally bottle up? Are such works "mere" entertainment, in
the sense of escapism? Do they somehow inform us about the
true nature of the world in which we live? Or do we, perhaps
perversely, wish we lived in a world like those of our
hard-boiled heroes? (I thought of the Red Diamond, Private
Eye trilogy as I wrote that last question. Ironically, Red
Diamond was my first introduction to hard-boiled
fiction.)
I have my own opinion(s) as to some of this; in part, I guess
I'm wondering how commonly-held my opinion might be.
G.
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