The Centrality of Crime Fiction in American Literary Culture by

Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

The Centrality of Crime Fiction in American Literary Culture

314 pages hardcover

2 editions

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This collection of essays by leading scholars insists on a larger recognition of the importance and diversity of crime fiction in U.S. literary traditions. Instead of presenting the genre as the property of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, t...

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