Compromised Men and Aspiring Women: The Fatality of Romance in James M. Cain's Depression-Era Novels

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R. Snyder
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ABSTRACT:James M. Cain's depiction of changing gender roles in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Double Indemnity (1936), and Mildred Pierce (1941), classics of literary noir, explores the fatality of sentimentalized romance in relation to the Great Depression's erosion of the American Dream. Serenade (1937) is a puzzling deviation from this theme. Despite criticism of the "iron-hard pattern of necessity" that underlies his work, Cain's early fiction illuminates the nation's cultural legacy.
妥协的男人和有抱负的女人:詹姆斯·凯恩大萧条时期小说中浪漫的宿命
摘要:詹姆斯·M·凯恩在《邮差总是响两次》(1934年)、《双重赔偿》(1936年)和《米尔德丽德·皮尔斯》(1941年)这三部黑色文学经典作品中对性别角色变化的刻画,探讨了大萧条对美国梦的侵蚀与伤感浪漫的致命性。《小夜曲》(1937)是对这一主题的一个令人费解的偏离。尽管有人批评凯恩作品背后的“铁一般的必然模式”,但他的早期小说揭示了这个国家的文化遗产。
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