ENG236H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Raymond Chandler, Visual Imagination, Masculinity
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Raymond chandler: chandler raises american tradition of tough guy, private eye to high level, chandler consolidates and celebrates new stream of det fiction. Iconic american author representing american voice and yet he grew up in england and didn"t leave england until he was in his early 20s: he went to private schools, really different from california world of p. marlowe. 1939: wrote the big sleep in 3 months, followed by handful of novels, was involved in screenplays, writing is cinematic, detailed descriptions of place. Providing film maker with all the info he or she needed to make the movie: dialogue. Many of the scenes unfold thru dialogue: feature of detective that"s new. In chandler"s work, place becomes indicator of all types of things: of person who lives there, have to pay attn to everything bc everyone is a potential culprit, potential criminal, e. g. Drinks a lot: similar to other detectives.
