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Cracking the Hard-boiled Detective - A Critical History from the 1920s to the Present (Paperback)
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Cracking the Hard-boiled Detective - A Critical History from the 1920s to the Present (Paperback)
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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 literary antecedents through the early
21st century. It follows change in the novels through three main
periods: the Early (roughly 1927-1955), during which the character
was defined by such writers as Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett
and Raymond Chandler; the Transitional, evident by 1964 in the
works of John D. MacDonald and Michael Collins, and continuing to
around 1977 via Joseph Hansen, Bill Pronzini and others; and the
Modern, since the late 1970s, during which such writers as Loren D.
Estleman, Liza Cody, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton and many others
have expanded the genre and the detective character. Themes such as
violence, love and sexuality, friendship, space and place, and work
are examined throughout the text.
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