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Page iii America Noir Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Era David Cochran

Page iv 2000 by the Smithsonian Institution All rights reserved Copy editor: Tom Ireland Production editor: Ruth Spiegel Designer: Janice Wheeler Portions of this work have appeared in different form in Midwest Quarterly, Clues, and North Dakota Quarterly and are reprinted with permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cochran, David, 1961 America noir: Underground writers and filmmakers of the postwar era / David Cochran. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 1-56098-813-4 (alk. paper) 1. American fiction20th centuryHistory and criticism. 2. Popular literature United StatesHistory and criticism. 3. Literature and societyUnited StatesHistory 20th century. 4. Detective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticism. 5. Motion picturesUnited StatesHistory and criticism. 6. Fantasy fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism. 7. Film noirUnited StatesHistory and criticism. I. Title. PS374.P63 C63 1999 813'.5409 21dc21 99-044320 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available Manufactured in the United States of America 06 05 04 03 01 00 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Infomation SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Page v For Angie The real friend... is, as it were, another self. Cicero

Page vii CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Preface: Mapping the Underground Culture xi Introduction: Within the Shell of the Old: The Creation of the Cold War Consensus and the Emergence of the Underground Culture 1 Part One. The Killer Inside Me: Roman Noir Authors 17 1. Slipping Deeper into Hell: Jim Thompson's Theology of Absurdity 19 2. "It's Always for Nothing": The Paperback Worldview of Charles Willeford 39 Part Two. Progress and Its Discontents: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors 53 3. "I'm Being Ironic": Imperialism, Mass Culture, and the Fantastic World of Ray Bradbury 55 4. The Devil and Charles Beaumont 73 Part Three. Outside Looking In: Minority Artists 89 5. "So Much Nonsense Must Make Sense": The Black Vision of Chester Himes 91 6. "Some Torture That Perversely Eased": Patricia Highsmith and the Everyday Schizophrenia of American Life 114

Page viii Part Four. Little Shop of Horrors: Independent Filmmakers 131 7. "Lots of Socko": The Independent Cinematic Vision of Samuel Fuller 133 8. Roger Corman's Low-Budget Modernism 151 Part Five. Cracks in the Consensus: Liberal Artists 173 9. Richard Condon and the Paranoid Surreal Style in American Politics 175 10. Another Dimension: Rod Serling, Consensus Liberalism, and The Twilight Zone 194 Conclusion: The Emancipation of Dissonance 215 Notes 223 Bibliography 261 Index 275

Page ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work has been a very long time in the making, and I have piled up many debts in the process. My family has proven endlessly supportive of my studies and writing. The constant encouragement of my mother and late father, Bette Cochran Reeves and Don Cochran, sustained me. My stepfather, Earl Reeves, has alternately supported and challenged my conclusions with his vast knowledge of Cold War-era political culture, while my children, Jessica, Ian, and Rachel, have been my personal cheering section and were always willing to play hooky or watch The Twilight Zone with me. Mark Hirsch, my editor at Smithsonian Press, supported the project from the beginning, while Kate Gibbs, Tom Ireland, and Ruth Spiegel guided it through the final stages of preparation. I greatly appreciate the expert assistance they have provided. Greg Reeves, Theresa DeFoe, Darren Hackler, and my brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Patty Cochran, helped find many of the sources I needed. I couldn't have finished without their kindness.

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