The Hard-Boiled Explicator A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald

Robert E. Skinner

ISBN 10: 0810817497 / ISBN 13: 9780810817494

Published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1985

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Real cloth-covered boards. ***HARDCOVER***. 1985. Bibliography of literary criticism. ***Note the date (1985)***. Faint mark on rear cover, else nearly as new. No marks to text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hard-Boiled Explicator A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald
• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, N.J., & London
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810817497
• ISBN 13: 9780810817494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: (NAP).
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

During the past thirty years, that uniquely American artform known as the hard-boiled mystery novel has come under increasing scrutiny by critics, scholars, and students alike. Literally hundrends of articles and books have been devoted to the subject, particularly to its three major practitioners, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald. Now, for the first time, those interested in this field have available to them a carefully constructed guide to the wealth of information on this subject. The Hard-Boiled Explicator will be of immense value to librarians, scholars, students, and mystery oficionados. Cloth edition published in 1985. Paperback version available June 2002.

About the Author

Robert E. Skinner, a collector of early hard-boiled fiction and an accomplished historian, has published numerous articles on history and American detective fiction in professional periodicals and popular magazines.