Race, gender and empire in American detective fiction [electronic resource] / John Cullen Gruesser.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2013.Description: xii, 204 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.087209355 23
LOC classification:
  • PS374.D4 G83 2013eb
Online resources: Summary: "This book highlights detection's malleability by analyzing the works of particular groups of authors from specific time periods written in response to other texts. Specifically, it traces the roles that gender, race and empire have played in American detective fiction from Edgar Allan Poe's works through the myriad variations upon them published before 1920 to hard-boiled fiction"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book highlights detection's malleability by analyzing the works of particular groups of authors from specific time periods written in response to other texts. Specifically, it traces the roles that gender, race and empire have played in American detective fiction from Edgar Allan Poe's works through the myriad variations upon them published before 1920 to hard-boiled fiction"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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