Greek Tragedy in Furnished Rooms

Cornell Woolrich's Existential Noir

Tiresias (to himself).

Ah me!
A fearful thing is knowledge, when to know
Helpeth no end. I knew this long ago,
But crushed it dead. Else had I never come

Sophocles.[1]

Unless you’re a fan of 1940s and 1950s hardboiled fiction, you’ve probably never heard of Cornell Woolrich. Today he’s best remembered for the movie adaptation of his short story “It Had to be …