Darkness Calls: A Critical Investigation of Neo-Noir

by Sue Short

Book Overview

This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty. Neo-noir plots are both familiar and diverse, found in a host of media formats today, and now span the globe. Yet despite its apparent prevalence-and increased academic attention-many core questions remain unanswered. What has propelled noir's appeal, half a century on after its supposed decline?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030138097
• ISBN13: 9783030138097
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"