Title: The detective fiction reviews of Charles Williams, 1930-1935
Description: English editor, literary critic, poet, novelist, theologian, and Inkling, Charles Williams (1885–1945) wrote popular-press reviews of detective fiction in its golden age of popularity (early thirties) for such newspapers as The Westminster Chronicle & News-Gazette and The Daily Mail. This book presents all of Williams’ published reviews of detective fiction—covering works by Agatha Christie, Sax Rohmer, Ellery Queen, Dashiel Hammett and E. Phillips Oppenheim, to name a few. It begins with a discussion of Williams as a detective fiction reviewer, then presents the reviews year-by-year, from 1930 to 1935, and concludes with a discussion of the end of the golden age of detective fiction. An appendix lists the authors that Williams reviewed, which books were reviewed, the date that they were reviewed, and additional information on each author.
Subjects: History and criticism, Popular literature, English fiction, American fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English, Detective and mystery stories, American, English Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
Places: English-speaking countries
Time periods: 20th century