The mystery of mysteries
Subtitle: cultural differences and designs
By: Samuel Coale.
Publisher: Bowling Green State University Popular Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bowling Green, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Hillerman, Tony -- Criticism and interpretation; Heilbrun, Carolyn G., 1926- -- Criticism and interpretation; Burke, James Lee, 1936- -- Criticism and interpretation; Mosley, Walter -- Criticism and interpretation; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Description: "Using feminist and black critical theory, mythic and historical patterns, and literary genre theory, Samuel Coale examines the works of four American mystery writers and investigates the compromises that each is forced to make when working within a recognizably popular literary form.".

"Coale has also included interviews with these writers who respond to these issues and reveal how they create their plots, characters, and cultural and social conflicts. In doing so, they also reveal how they have re-energized the mystery form and brought new and controversial ideas and topics into popular literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index.