100 American Crime Writers

  • Steven Powell
Book

Part of the Crime Files Series book series (CF)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction
    Steven Powell
    Pages 1-5
  3. ‘Out of the Venetian Vase’: From Golden Age to Hard-boiled
    Steven Powell
    Pages 6-10
  4. After These Mean Streets: Crime Fiction and the Chandler Inheritance
    Steven Powell
    Pages 11-352
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 353-373
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About this book

Introduction

100 American Crime Writers  features discussion and analysis of the lives of crime writers and their key works, examining the developments in American crime writing from the Golden Age to hardboiled detective fiction. This study is essential to scholars and an ideal introduction to crime fiction for anyone who enjoys this fascinating genre.

Keywords

America detective fiction fiction William Faulkner

Editors and affiliations

  • Steven Powell
    • 1
  1. 1.University of LiverpoolUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031662
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Literature Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-35755-0
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-03166-2
  • About this book