The Philosophy of Film Noir  8775

• Foreword  Robert Porfirio
• Introduction

Part 1: The Essence and Elements of Noir

• Nietzsche and the Meaning and Definition of Noir  Mark T. Conard
• A Darker Shade: Realism in Neo-Noir  Jason Holt
• Moral Clarity and Practical Reason in Film Noir  Aeon J. Skoble
• Cherchez la Femme Fatale: The Mother of FIlm Noir  Read Mercer Schuchardt
• From Sherlock Holmes to the Hard-Boiled Detective in Film Noir  Jerold J. Abrams

Part 2: Existentialism and Nihilism in Film Noir

• Film Noir and the Meaning of Life  Steven M. Sanders
• The Horizon of Disenchantment: Film Noir, Camus, and the Vicissitudes of Descent  Alan Woolfolk
• Symbolism, Meaning, and Nihilism in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction  Mark T. Conard

Part 3: Six Classic Films Noirs

• Film Noir and the Frankfurt School: America as Wasteland in Edgar Ulmer’s Detour  Paul A. Cantor
• Knowledge, Morality, and Tragedy in The Killers and Out of the Past  Ian Jarvie
• Moral Man in the Dark City: Film Noir, the Postwar Religious Revival, and The Accused  R. Barton Palmer
• On Reason and Passion in The Maltese Falcon  Deborah Knight
• Ride the Pink Horse: Money, Mischance, Murder and the Monards of Film Noir  Alain Silver

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