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Keep in mind that Mickey Spillane did most of his writing in the 1940s and 1950s, so his language is bound to be different from that of those later authors you mentioned. In addition to that, when Spillane was writing, America was more puritanical, so the sexual content of books was much less explicit. Even though his writing is considered tame today, people 50 years ago thought his books were very immoral.
You'll notice the same language difference if you watch a 1940s film noir detective movie and one from the 1960s or later.
In addition, Spillane used to write comic books, so there may be some influence from that genre in his writing. |
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| Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:58 am Mickey Spillane |
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| Quote: | | Spillane used to write comic books |
It's news to me, Jamie. What was comic in Mike Hammer's adventures?
Would you say that his novels are full of slang? How many of his novels have you read? Did you enjoy them?
@ Amy
Hello, Amy, I know you have read Spillane. Please take some part in the discussion.
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| Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:46 pm Mickey Spillane |
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| Tom wrote: | | Quote: | | Spillane used to write comic books |
It's news to me, Jamie. What was comic in Mike Hammer's adventures? |
I wasn't saying that Spillane's novels are comical. I said that before he wrote novels, he wrote the stories for comic books -- you know, cartoon books. Even those stories were probably not comical, but more than likely were adventure comics. |
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