The Maltese Falcon (1930)  Tags: dashiell hammett maltese falcon  

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Search the Library Catalog for the following reference titles that contain material about Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. These titles may be available in other college or public libraries.

• American Writers [supl 4, part 1]
• Classic Crime and Suspense Writers
• Contemporary Authors [vol 81-84]
• Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series [vol 42]
  
• Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals
  • [vols 3, 5, 19, 47] - check under The Maltese Falcon in the Cumulative Title Index, a separate paperback index that accompanies this multi-volume work
  • [vol 209] - locate the topical essay "Contemporary Crime Fiction"
    
• Cyclopedia of Literary Characters [vol 3]
• Cyclopedia of Literary Places [vol 2]
• Cyclopedia of World Authors [vol 2]
• Dashiell Hammett
• A Dashiell Hammett Companion
• Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons
• Literary Masterpieces: The Maltese Falcon [vol 3]
• Literary Masters: Dashiell Hammett [vol 3]
• Literature and Its Times [vol 3]
• Magill's Survey of Cinema: English Language Films [vol 3]
• Masterplots [vol 7]
  
• Modern American Literature [vols 2, 4, 5, 6]
• Notable American Novelists [vol 2]
• Novels for Students [vol 21]
• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) - Contains passages from literary criticism originally published in books and journals;
  
  • [vol 38] - locate the topical essays "Detective Fiction" and "Film and Literature"
  • [vol 70] - locate the topical essay "Popular Literature"
  • [vol 118] - locate the topical essay "Hard-Boiled Fiction"

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