Editor(s): Rader, Barbara. A.; Zettler, Howard. G. Series: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467. . 1988. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Sleuth and the Scholar: Origins, Evolution, and Current Trends in Detective Fiction: 19 (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Publisher: Praeger (UK)
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0313260362
ISBN 13: 9780313260360
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Is the detective novel popular fiction or serious literature? This collection of essays examines the historical, literary, and critical aspects of the genre. Three interrelated aspects of detective fiction are addressed: the mystery story as a vehicle for social criticism, women crime writers, and the American hard-boiled detective story--its origins in cowboy fiction, recent trends, and whether the mean streets still belong exclusively to men. Contributors span the ranks of well-known crime writers, popular critics of detective fiction, and academic scholars. This unusual volume aptly illustrates the nature and attractions of a style of fiction that was once dismissed as merely sensational and is now seen as mainstream.

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BARBARA A. RADER is a Scholar/Consultant to the Southern Connecticut Library Council.

HOWARD G. ZETTLER, retired Professor of English, Central Connecticut State University, is a freelance writer and editor.

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