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100 1 $aVan Dover, J. Kenneth.
245 10 $aMaking the detective story American :$bBiggers, Van Dine and Hammett and the turning point of the genre, 1925-1930 /$cJ.K. Van Dover.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2010.
300 $aix, 221 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
600 10 $aBiggers, Earl Derr,$d1884-1933$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aVan Dine, S. S.$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aHammett, Dashiell,$d1894-1961$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 17 $aMisdaadromans.$2gtt
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