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" Making the detective story American : "
J.K. Van Dover.
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BL
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997290
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b751660
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| Main Entry
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Van Dover, J. Kenneth.
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Making the detective story American : : Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /\ J.K. Van Dover.
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Jefferson, N.C. :: McFarland,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (ix, 221 pages)
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0786456892
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: 1282542923
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: 6612542926
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: 9780786456895
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: 9781282542921
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: 9786612542923
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9780786448951
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: the detective and the 1920s -- He used to be a highbrow: intellect, taste, and the detection of crime in the 1920s -- No Chinaman: ethnicity and the detective in the 1920s -- Ripped from the headlines: translating sensational crime fact into popular crime fiction in the 1920s -- Enterprising, flippant, hard: young American women in detective fiction of the 1920s -- Appendix A: three brief biographies -- Appendix B: mystery and detection bestsellers, 1925-1935 -- Appendix C: films based on the works of Earl Derr Biggers, S.S. van Dine, and Dashiell Hammett.
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"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.
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Biggers, Earl Derr,1884-1933-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hammett, Dashiell,1894-1961-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Van Dine, S. S.-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Biggers, Earl Derr,1884-1933
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Hammett, Dashiell,1894-1961
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Van Dine, S. S.
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American fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, American-- History and criticism.
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American fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.087209
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PS374.D4V35 2010eb
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