[PDF.98vl] Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Quest for Redemption

Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Quest for Redemption

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 | #2606222 in Books |  Spence Pub |  2008-02-15 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.37 x1.17 x6.45l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| A Rare Gem|By Benjamin D. Steele|I've so far only read this book in sections, but I wanted to give a brief review. I mainly just want to recommend it. Basically, if you're interested in noir and neo-noir films in relationship to Gnosticism, then there isn't a whole lot else even out there. This is a rare gem.

I've looked around quite a bit, and as far as I can tel| |Once the Sixties generation began its Long March through the institutions, conservatives started to despair of ever being able to counter what they saw as the uniform degradation of American culture. In the past couple of decades, however, more and more critic

In a striking new interpretation of film noir, Thomas Hibbs mines the philosophy and theology of these dark films to reveal a subtle but profound insistence on the reality of redemption. Properly understood, these tales of spiritual quest assume a new importance amid the nihilism of contemporary popular culture. Repudiating old-fashioned American optimism but never quite succumbing to despair, noir depicts a world of captivating characters who, in the words of Pascal, se...

You easily download any file type for your device.Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Quest for Redemption   |  Thomas S. Hibbs. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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