Hard-boiled sentimentality
Subtitle: the secret history of American crime stories
By: Leonard Cassuto.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780231126908; 9780231126915; 9780231501651
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Domestic fiction, American -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Masculinity in literature; Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.