The Hard-Boiled Explicator: A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald Robert E. "Describes twenty-seven fictional detectives, looks at the major novels and stories in which they appeared, and discusses trends in detective fiction." The American Private Eye: The Image in Fiction David Geherin Frederick Ungar Which Way Did He Go? The Private Eye in Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Chester Himes and Ross MacDonald Edward Margolies Holmes & Meier In Harboiled America-lavishly illustrated with 135 paperback covers, and expanded with new material on Thompson, Goodis, and others-Geoffrey O'Brien masterfully explores the art, history, and ideas of the American paperback." With titles like The Big Sleep, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, and Street of the Lost, with racy cover lines like "My gun-butt smashed his skull!" and "Ruthless terror ripped away the mask that hid cold fear," and with some of the most extraordinary cover illustrations ever to grace American literature, these paperbacks held the ingredients of American nightmares. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis … these are a few of the masters of noir responsible for the great lurid paperbacks of the thirties, forties, and fifties. "Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Hardboiled America: Lurid Years of Paperbacks Geoffrey O'Brien Van Nostrand ReinholdĪn expanded edition was published by Da Capo Press in 1997 with the title Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks And The Masters Of Noir.
"Examines the state of the private-eye genre in the 1970s, concluding that the contemporary private-eye figure is somewhat younger, even more cynical, and much more political than his forties countepart." Sons of Sam Spade: Private Eye Novel in the 70's David Geherin Frederick Ungar Included among writers discussed are Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald, Donald Westlake, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler - all names who have been entertaining America for years." Ruehlmann traces the American Detective personality back to its roots, the lawman of the Old West rather than the civilized British inspector, and explains our man's psyche in terms of the nation's makeup, peculiar or perverse as it may be. "A penetrating analysis of the American mentality as seen through private eye fiction. Saint with a Gun: The Unlawful American Private Eye William Ruehlmann New York University Press Hard-boiled, private eye, noir and pulp fiction This page lists non-fiction books about private eye, hard-boiled, noir and pulp fiction. On this page Hard-boiled, private eye, noir and pulp fiction
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