[PDF.36hr] Making the Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the Turning Point of the Genre, 1925-1930

Making the Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the Turning Point of the Genre, 1925-1930

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 | #3435772 in Books |  McFarland |  2010-04-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.60 x5.90l,.70 | File type: PDF | 231 pages

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||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| An Essential Addition to Charlie Chan Scholarship|By Brian Taves|Much-ballyhooed this year has been Yunte Huang's Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History, but another book, the publication of a scholarly rather than commercial imprint, is of no less importance, Making the Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine and| |"For style, scholarship, and analysis, Van Dover has long been one of the best academic writers on detective fiction...significant"--Mystery Scene.|About the Author|J.K. Van Dover has taught courses on the detective

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 during a crucial half-decade when they transformed the detective story. The characters they created, including Charlie Chan, Philo Vance, and the Continental Op, represented a new style of detective solving crimes in fresh ways. Their successes would push crime and detective fiction in star...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Making the Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the Turning Point of the Genre, 1925-1930   |  J. K. Van Dover.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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