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

by Robert E. Skinner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810843462
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1985
Pages:	133
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

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.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Preface	ix
	Introduction	1
1	Articles and Essays	25
2	Books and Monographs	73
3	Fugitive Material	97
4	Book Reviews	99
	Endnote	119
	Index	121