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Raymond Chandler, Romantic Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Chivalry
2021·101 pages
A critical analysis of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, exploring chivalry, romance, and cultural politics.
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A critical analysis of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, exploring chivalry, romance, and cultural politics.
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Raymond Chandler, Romantic Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Chivalry responds to the general consensus that Philip Marlowe represents a chivalric knight out of romance. The book argues that this commonplace reading requires a stunningly rosy rewriting of Marlowe, knighthood, chivalry, and romance. The book offers a history of the cultural politics of chivalry from the Middle Ages through British Romanticism to the modern United States, exposing the elitism, violent masculinism, racism, and...
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will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minimal focus on romance; brief mentions of romantic ideology in analysis.
Violence & gore
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Discusses violence in Chandler's works, including patterns of violence against women.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy elements present.
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present.
Political content
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Central focus on cultural politics, chivalry, elitism, racism, and gender norms.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Analysis includes violence against women and sexual assault in Chandler's novels.
Other
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