[PDF.48ps] Cracking the Hard-boiled Detective: A Critical History from the 1920s to the Present

Cracking the Hard-boiled Detective: A Critical History from the 1920s to the Present

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 | #2915702 in Books |  McFarland Company, Inc., Publishers |  2006-02-17 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.69 x5.94l,.92 | File type: PDF | 306 pages

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||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Consider it cracked|By Rowdy Roddy Piper|An excellent and very readable critical study of the origins and development of this quintessentially American genre (influenced in its infancy by some heavy hitting Victorian authors). Addicts of the genre looking to delve behind the scenes of their habit will not be disappointed.|About the Author|Lewis D. Moore, a retired professor of English, taught at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington for thirty years. He is also the author of Meditations on America: John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee Series and Other Fiction

The hard-boiled private detective is among the most recognizable characters in popular fiction since the 1920s-a tough product of a violent world, in which police forces are inadequate and people with money can choose private help when facing threatening circumstances. Though a relatively recent arrival, the hard-boiled detective has undergone steady development and assumed diverse forms. This critical study analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from liter...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Cracking the Hard-boiled Detective: A Critical History from the 1920s to the Present   |  Lewis D. Moore. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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