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1 Crossing Shadows : Bridging the Voices of Hard-boiled Detective and Noir Crime Fiction Christopher Mallon , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 19 no. 2 2015;
'This paper discusses the notion of Voice. It attempts to articulate the nature of voice in hard-boiled detective fiction and noir crime fiction. In doing so, it examines discusses how these narrative styles, particularly found within private eye novels, explores aspects of the subjectivity as the narrator-investigator; and, thus crossing and bridging a cynical, hard-boiled style and an alienated, reflective voice within a noir world.' (Publication abstract)
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