Theisen, Gordon, <br/><br/>
Staying up much too late :  Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the dark side of the American psyche / 
Gordon Theisen. 
 - First edition. 
 - viii, 244 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> The making of the painting, or how to be a stranger in your own land --  One man, one big damned city --  The end of the world came sometime yesterday --  When freedom means you don't know who you are --  Wayward lust, part 1 : hard-core Nighthawks --  Wayward lust, part 2 : wicked women and weak-willed men --  Cheap cigars and Ex-lax --  How to expect failure and avoid disappointment --  Desperate schemes --  America noir.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10. 
<br/><br/> "Staying up much too late discusses the painting Nighthawks and the painter Edward Hopper and their central importance to twentieth-century American culture. Topics include individualism, New York City, Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, diners, pornography, capitalism, advertising, cigarettes, American philosophy, World War II, Gravity's Rainbow, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Russ Meyer, R. Crumb, David Lynch, and film noir."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0312333420 9780312333423 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006040393 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967.  Nighthawks. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alienation (Social psychology)--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization--20th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ND237.H75  / A74 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>759.130904