"I'M IN THE BUSINESS TOO": GOTHIC CHIVALRY, PRIVATE EYES, AND PROXY SEX AND VIOLENCE IN CHANDLER'S "THE BIG SLEEP"

Rzepka argues that the American private eye, such as in the detective novels of Raymond Chandler, is a representation of the cowboy-figure, with one foot in the world of the savage and the other in civilization. Chandler's "The Big Sleep" uses Gothic convention to take aim at the Amer...

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Published in:Modern fiction studies 2000-10, Vol.46 (3), p.695-724
Main Author: Rzepka, Charles J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chandler, Raymond
Chivalry
Detective fiction
Foot
GOTHIC POPULAR FORMS
Killing
Literary criticism
Mansions
Novels
Pornography
Proxy reporting
Proxy statements
Sexual behavior
Sexual violence
Sleep
Soldiers
Violence
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Summary:Rzepka argues that the American private eye, such as in the detective novels of Raymond Chandler, is a representation of the cowboy-figure, with one foot in the world of the savage and the other in civilization. Chandler's "The Big Sleep" uses Gothic convention to take aim at the American culture of consumption.
ISSN:0026-7724
1080-658X
1080-658X
DOI:10.1353/mfs.2000.0057