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Biggers, Earl Derr, (1884-1933)

Making the detective story American :Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Making the detective story American :J.K. Van Dover.
Reminder of title:	Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /
Author:	Van Dover, J. Kenneth
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. :McFarland,c2010.
Description:	ix, 221 p. ;23 cm.
Subject:	Detective and mystery stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.
ISBN:	9780786448951 (pbk : alk. paper) :

Making the detective story American :Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /
Van Dover, J. Kenneth

Making the detective story American :Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /J.K. Van Dover. - Jefferson, N.C. :McFarland,c2010. - ix, 221 p. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

ISBN: 9780786448951 (pbk : alk. paper) :NT$953

LCCN: 2010007144Subjects--Personal Names:

490741
Van Dine, S. S.
--Criticism and interpretation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

193094
Detective and mystery stories, American
--History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: PS374.D4 / V246 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.087209

Making the detective story American :Biggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /
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