MacShane, Frank

Overview

Works:	61 works in 232 publications in 2 languages and 10,434 library holdings
Roles:	Compiler, Editor, Annotator, Other, Author of introduction
Classifications:	PS3505.H3224, 813.52

Publication Timeline

1950 |

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Publications about Frank MacShane

Publications by Frank MacShane

Publications by Frank MacShane, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Frank MacShane

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Most widely held works by Frank MacShane

Collected stories of John O'Hara by John O'Hara ( Book )
11 editions published between 1984 and 1986 in English and held by 1,602 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It is the story of The Ewings an American Middle West family during the First World War

The life of Raymond Chandler by Frank MacShane ( Book )
22 editions published between 1976 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Along with Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler invented the modern detective novel. He was a master of the "wise-crack" and the foremost exponent of the tough-guy school of writing. Raymond was also a writer of distinction in a field where quality was not expected. Dismissed for his unpredictable drinking habits, the mad who revealed California's seamy side in novels such as The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, and Farewell, My Lovely did not turn to fiction until the age of 44. He began with the pulps, and five years later tried his hand at novels. Within a few years the hero of his books, Philip Marlowe, had won a passionate international following [as] the tough but sentimental private eye. [...] As Frank MacShane's entertaining biography shows, Raymond Chandler was the genuine article: a serious novelist who touched millions of readers. Drawing extensively on conversations with surviving members of the Chandler circle, [...] and from exclusive access to private correspondence and unpublished papers, Mr. MacShane's book is the first study of the life and times of this lively and influential literary figure. --From dust jacket

The life of John O'Hara by Frank MacShane ( Book )
7 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 1,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Into eternity : the life of James Jones, American writer by Frank MacShane ( Book )
8 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selected letters of Raymond Chandler by Raymond Chandler ( Book )
16 editions published between 1981 and 1987 in English and held by 999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ford Madox Ford: the critical heritage by Frank MacShane ( Book )
15 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 982 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life and work of Ford Madox Ford by Frank MacShane ( Book )
17 editions published between 1965 and 1966 in English and held by 805 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Raymond Chandler papers : selected letters and non-fiction, 1909-1959 by Raymond Chandler ( Book )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and held by 687 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"With his classic novels and stories featuring the hardboiled private detective Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler transformed the detective story and became one of the most iconic and imitated writers of the twentieth century. But despite the fame he attained through best-selling books such as The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, as well as the screenplay for such groundbreaking film noir as Double Indemnity, he remained an intensely private man throughout his life. As he lived a quiet existence darkened by his wife's recurring illnesses and his struggles with alcoholism, Chandler's letters were his sole connection to his friends, fans and publishers - and fellow writers from Ian Fleming to Somerset Maugham." "In The Raymond Chandler Papers, Chandler biographers Tom Hiney and Frank MacShane bring together a new selection of his correspondence - much of it never before made public - that reveals all aspects of his powerful personality, artistic sensibility, and broad intellectual curiosity."--BOOK JACKET

Impressions of Latin America; five centuries of travel and adventure by English and North American writers by Frank MacShane ( Book )
4 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Five centuries of travel and adventure by english and North American writers

Many golden ages; ruins, temples & monuments of the Orient by Frank MacShane ( Book )
9 editions published between 1962 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Return trip tango and other stories from abroad : selections from Translation magazine ( Book )
2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The notebooks of Raymond Chandler and English summer : a gothic romance by Raymond Chandler ( Book )
13 editions published between 1976 and 2006 in English and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Borges on writing by Jorge Luis Borges ( Book )
7 editions published between 1973 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Critical writings of Ford Madox Ford by Ford Madox Ford ( Book )
9 editions published between 1964 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 157 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American in Europe, a collection of impressions written by Americans from the seventeenth century to the present by Frank MacShane ( Book )
4 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The visits of the Queen of Sheba by Miguel Serrano ( Book )
6 editions published between 1960 and 1972 in English and Undetermined and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse : a record of two friendships by Miguel Serrano ( Book )
6 editions published between 1966 and 1997 in English and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Raymond Chandler : le gentleman de Californie by Frank MacShane ( Book )
4 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in French and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Même si son oeuvre ne tient qu'en une dizaine de livres et que ceux-ci se retrouvent dans la formule du roman criminel, on est en droit de considérer Raymond Chandler comme un écrivain américain important et capital. On revivra, grâce à cet ouvrage digne d'une enquête de ##Philip Marlowe##, les différentes étapes (jeunesse anglaise, problèmes littéraires, collaborations cinématographiques) de cette vie très romantique d'un créateur qui, admiré par ses pairs pour son intransigeante honnêteté et son exigeante franchise, fut "cannibalisé" par son oeuvre

Later novels and other writings : the lady in the lake ; The little sister ; The long goodbye ; Playback ; Double Idemnity ; Selected essays and letters by Raymond Chandler ( Book )
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Later Novels and Other Writings begins with The Lady in the Lake (1943). Written during the war, the story takes Marlowe out of the seamy L.A. streets to the deceptive tranquility of the surrounding mountains, as the search for a businessman's missing wife expands into an elegy of loneliness and loss. The darker tone typical of Chandler's later fiction is evident in The Little Sister (1949), in which an ambitious starlet, a blackmailer, and a seemingly naive young woman from Manhattan, Kansas, are the key players in a plot that provides fuel for a bitter indictment of Hollywood and Chandler's most savage portrayal of his adopted city. The Long Goodbye (1953), his most ambitious and self-revealing novel, uncovers a more anguished resonance in the Marlowe character, in a plot that hinges on the betrayal of friendship and the compromises of middle age. Playback (1958), written originally as a screenplay, is Chandler's seventh and last novel. A special feature of this volume is Chandler's long-unavailable screenplay for the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944), adapted from James M. Cain's novel. Supplementing the volume, and providing a more personal glimpse of Chandler's personality, are a selection of essays - including "The Simple Art of Murder," in which Chandler muses on his pulp roots and on the special qualities of his hero and style - and eleven letters that range wittily and often sardonically over the worlds of writing, publishing, and filmmaking

Stories and early novels : Pulp stories ; The big sleep ; Farewell, my lovely ; The high window by Raymond Chandler ( Book )
2 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Stories and Early Novels includes every story that Chandler did not later incorporate into a novel - thirteen in all. Drawn from the pages of Black Mask and Dime Detective, these stories show how Chandler adapted the violent conventions of the pulp magazines - with their brisk exposition and rapid-fire dialogue - to his own emerging vision of 20th-century America." "Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels contains a newly researched chronology of Chandler's life, explanatory notes, and an essay on the texts."--Jacket