An edition of Making the detective story American (2010)

Making the detective story American

Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930

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An edition of Making the detective story American (2010)

Making the detective story American

Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930

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"Detective fiction is one of the America's most popular and enduring literary genres. This critical text examines the fiction of Earl Derr Biggers, S. S. Van Dine, and Dashiell Hammett, three writers who, during the Roaring Twenties, transformed the detective story "--Provided by publisher.

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McFarland & Co., Publishers
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Subjects

American Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, American fiction, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Hammett, dashiell, 1894-1961, Misdaadromans

People

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933), S. S. Van Dine

Times

20th century

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Making the detective story American: Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930
2010, McFarland & Co., Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the detective and the 1920s
He used to be a highbrow: intellect, taste, and the detection of crime in the 1920s
No Chinaman: ethnicity and the detective in the 1920s
Ripped from the headlines: translating sensational crime fact into popular crime fiction in the 1920s
Enterprising, flippant, hard: young American women in detective fiction of the 1920s
Appendix A: three brief biographies
Appendix B: mystery and detection bestsellers, 1925-1935
Appendix C: films based on the works of Earl Derr Biggers, S.S. van Dine, and Dashiell Hammett.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.087209
Library of Congress
PS374.D4 V35 2010, PS374.D4V35 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

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OL24110211M
ISBN 13
9780786448951
LCCN
2010007144
OCLC/WorldCat
496235761

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