List Books » Investigating Couples: A Critical Analysis of the Thin Man, the Avengers and the X-Files
Authors: Tom Soter
ISBN-13: 9780786411238, ISBN-10: 0786411236
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: REV
Editorial director of Habitat magazine and an improvisational comedy teacher, Soter finds connections between the detective series of the 1930s, the spy series of the 1960s, and the science fiction series of the 1990s in the relations between the two main characters, a man and a woman. He looks at the precursors of the three series.
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Acknowledgments | ||
Preface | 1 | |
1 | The Detective | 3 |
2 | The Tough Guy | 15 |
3 | The Romantic | 21 |
4 | Ballad of a Thin Man | 30 |
5 | A Humorous Hitch | 54 |
6 | When a Man Became a Woman | 63 |
7 | M-Appeal | 80 |
8 | Trust No One | 98 |
9 | The Truth Is Out There | 111 |
10 | A Man and a Woman | 125 |
App. 1 | The Thin Man: A Guide | 149 |
App. 2 | The Avengers: A Guide | 157 |
App. 3 | The X-Files: A Guide | 190 |
Chapter Notes | 221 | |
Bibliography | 231 | |
Index | 237 |