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On the lam : narratives of flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America
- Title
- On the lam : narratives of flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America / William Beverly.
- Author
- Beverly, William, 1965-
- Publication
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2003.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 236 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Fugitives from justice in literature
- Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 > Influence
- Film noir > United States > History and criticism
- Fugitives from justice in motion pictures
- Justice, Administration of, in literature
- Fugitive slaves in literature
- Criminals in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the figure of the fugitive -- Robert Elliott Burns: the slave narrative's pale ghost -- J. Edgar Hoover and the federal discourse on crime -- "This sure keeps a fellow moving": the making of John Dillinger -- "An infinity of bleak tomorrows": the closure of fugitive space in the noir west -- "I might as well be in the penitentiary as in his hands": Wright, Ellison, and the black fugitive.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-12166
- ISBN
- 1578065372 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002010799
- OCLC
- 50203962
- Author
- Beverly, William, 1965-
- Title
- On the lam : narratives of flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America / William Beverly.
- Imprint
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-12166