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Western and Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction in America

From High Noon to Midnight

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Cynthia S. Hamilton
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 1-6

  3. The Study of Formula Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Historical Frame

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 9-35

    3. The Layering of Contexts

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 36-49

    4. Formula and the Marketplace

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 50-67

  4. The Writer and the Formula

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Zane Grey

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 71-93

    3. Frederick Faust

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 94-119

    4. Dashiell Hammett

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 120-145

    5. Raymond Chandler

      • Cynthia S. Hamilton
      Pages 146-171

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 172-200
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Western and Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction in America

  • Book Subtitle: From High Noon to Midnight

  • Authors: Cynthia S. Hamilton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08390-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Cynthia S. Hamilton 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-08392-3Published: 01 January 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08390-9Published: 18 June 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 200

  • Topics: Fiction

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