Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction /

"Why is detective fiction so popular? What connects such diverse characters as the armchair sleuth, the hardboiled dick, and the police detective? Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction uncovers the significance of often-neglected dime novels in revealing early examples of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bedore, Pamela, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:Crime files series.
Subjects:
Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism.
Pulp literature, American > History and criticism.
Littérature de gare américaine > Histoire et critique.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers > English > USA.
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 > English > USA.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Mystery & Detective.
Literature.
Detective and mystery stories, American
Pulp literature, American
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Case of the Missing Detectives; or, Reassessing the American Contribution to Detective Fiction
  • 2. The Happy-Ending Deception; or, Uncovering the Subversive Potential of Detective Dime Novels
  • 3. The Case of the Contaminated Icon; or, Allan Pinkerton's Dangerous Detective Doubles
  • 4. Playing with the Ace of Hearts; or, Mentorship, Sportsmanship, and Nick Carter's Epistemological Dilemmas
  • 5. Faulkner, Twain and the Legacy of Dime Novel Detectives
  • 6. Conclusions and Directions for Future Research.

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