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The Arts
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- ISBN 9780313260360
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Feb 1988
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Is the detective novel popular fiction or serious literature? This collection of essays examines the historical, literary, and critical aspects of the genre. Three interrelated aspects of detective fiction are addressed: the mystery story as a vehicle for social criticism, women crime writers, and the American hard-boiled detective story--its origins in cowboy fiction, recent trends, and whether the mean streets still belong exclusively to men. Contributors span the ranks of well-known crime writers, popular critics of detective fiction, and academic scholars. This unusual volume aptly illustrates the nature and attractions of a style of fiction that was once dismissed as merely sensational and is now seen as mainstream.
BARBARA A. RADER is a Scholar/Consultant to the Southern Connecticut Library Council.
HOWARD G. ZETTLER, retired Professor of English, Central Connecticut State University, is a freelance writer and editor.
