Essays Tagged: "Raymond Chandler"

MINI BIOGRAPHY on WILLAM FAULKNER

s beginning in the 1920s. He also wrote screenplays for Hollywood, including the 1944 adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. His novels, many of whi ... s beginning in the 1920s. He also wrote screenplays for Hollywood, including the 1944 adaptation of Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. His novels, many of whi ...

(5 pages) 120 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

The Pulps, an exploration into Pulp Magizines

e most of the fiction of the time taste like a cup of lukewarm consomme at a spinsterish tearoom." -Raymond ChandlerSaid to have been proscribed by parents, condoned by educators, and ignored by criti ... and the Scrap Book. Writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Max Brand, Zane Grey, Dashielle Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Abraham Merri ...

(6 pages) 23 0 4.3 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

"Fiction in any form is always intended to be realistic" An exploration of this quote and its relation to the genre of Crime Fiction.

Crime Fiction"Fiction in any form is always intended to be realistic" (Raymond Chandler, The simple art of murder). Crime fiction is no different. Underpinned by its trade ... which had lived through WW2 and the Great Depression, giving birth to a movement called Film Noir. Raymond Chandler suggests that the Noir movement originated with Dashiell Hammett, who "took murder ... itability of justice. Hence Marlowe "the best man in his world and a good enough man in any world" (Raymond Chandler) reveals the corrupt nature of post WW2 society where even the detective is suscept ...

(7 pages) 87 0 4.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Heroism. This essay is about what a modern day hero is. It contrasts another authors point of view but is properly cited.

a hero? Does a hero have to have superhuman abilities or can he blend in with the every day crowd? Raymond Chandler, a well-known author, offers his description of what he believes a true hero is. In ...

(2 pages) 59 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Style Analysis of Amy Tan in "The Joy Luck Club"

Raymond Chandler, a fiction writer, once said, "The most durable thing in writing is style." True, t ...

(6 pages) 47 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

An Example of American Literature. Short essay on 20th century American Literature using Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" as an example

e periods based on the settings in these books. A quintessential example of these types of books is Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, shows both corruption and hate, but with a twist of chivalrous act ...

(2 pages) 19 0 0.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Title: "Corruption in the Big Sleep" - This essay explores the corruption of society found in "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler.

ve, Philip Marlowe, finds that the case not only involves blackmail, but also murder. This book was Raymond Chandler's first novel and it explores the oppressive and corrupt society of 1930's America. ...

(4 pages) 43 0 1.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Long Goodbye

hotography: Vilmos Zsigmond Screenplay: Leigh Brackett Based on a Novel by: Raymond Chandler Editor: Lou Lombardo Music Composed by: John T. Williams Philip Mar ...

(4 pages) 8 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

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ic in some depth ... long written, formal essay = 40%; and a ... and K. Thompson, "Film Art: An ... Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep - "The Big ...http://www.rmc.ca/academic/english/courses/description ...

(3 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

SAM SPADE - Character Analysis

essentially good and is resistant to the hostile world which he had devoted his life to combating. Raymond Chandler labels Hammetts character of Spade as a ?cynical, tough individual who maintains hi ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

the big sleep

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis