Another maybe-interesting slant on the P.I.

[Dave Monroe]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Mark Kohut<markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> There seems to be a major essay in my biblio book that argues that the American tough guy P.I. is one of the best embodiments of the Protestant hero.....1) he does his duty, dutifully. he works hard.    2) he has his own--between him and his God, so to speak---old-fashioned sense of honor. Like a good Protestant.    3)his "salvation" is always at risk. No guaranteed grace.

Franco Moretti, for the record, makes a not dissimilar case for Dracula ...

http://www.versobooks.com/books/klm/m-titles/moretti_signs_rt.shtml

http://books.google.com/books?id=ou6prAHmDhwC