title: Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms and Persons
author:  Michael L. Stephens 
description: Excellent introduction to film noir...highly recommended for public libraries and any library with a film collection --Library Journal<br /><br />A comprehensive illustrated reference book...cant put it down category...thoroughly recommended --BBC International<br /><br />An important source, full of clearly and succinctly written entries that should appeal to both scholars and fans --ARBA
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  The Philosophy of Film Noir
  
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  Foreword
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  The
  Philosophy
  of
  Film Noir
  edited by
  Mark T. Conard
   Foreword by Robert Porfirio
  The University Press of Kentucky
  
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  Robert Porfirio
  Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant
  from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  Copyright © 2006 by The University Press of Kentucky
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  College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University,
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  Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University,
  Morehead State University, Murray State University,
  Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University,
  University of Kentucky, University of Louisville,
  and Western Kentucky University.
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