Title: Detectives in the Shadows
Description: "Crime fiction expert Susanna Lee tracks the evolution of the hard-boiled character type over time and media in the United States. She shows how crime fiction rose in popularity at times of national conflict. Readers and viewers crave the sort of grit and independence that the hard-boiled detective offers when reality may leave them feeling they lack control over their own lives. This is a study of literature and film and also a work of cultural studies"--
Subjects: American literature, Detective and mystery films, history and criticism, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, Heroes in literature, National characteristics in literature, Motion pictures, production and direction, American Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Detective and mystery films, Detectives in literature, Detectives in motion pictures, Heroes in motion pictures, Toughness (Personality trait), National characteristics, American, in literature, National characteristics, American, in motion pictures