Making the detective story American
Subtitle: Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930
By: J.K. Van Dover
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780786448951
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the detective and the 1920s; title: He used to be a highbrow: intellect, taste, and the detection of crime in the 1920s; title: No Chinaman: ethnicity and the detective in the 1920s; title: Ripped from the headlines: translating sensational crime fact into popular crime fiction in the 1920s; title: Enterprising, flippant, hard: young American women in detective fiction of the 1920s; title: Appendix A: three brief biographies; title: Appendix B: mystery and detection bestsellers, 1925-1935; title: Appendix C: films based on the works of Earl Derr Biggers, S.S. van Dine, and Dashiell Hammett.