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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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.
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