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Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America : from high noon to midnight

Title
Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America : from high noon to midnight / Cynthia S. Hamilton.
Author
Hamilton, Cynthia S.
Publication
Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1987.

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Description
xi, 200 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Grey, Zane, 1872-1939 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Brand, Max, 1892-1944 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Brand, Max, 1892-1944
  • Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959
  • Grey, Zane, 1872-1939
  • Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961
  • Geschichte 1880-1940
  • Geschichte 1900-
  • Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism
  • Western stories > History and criticism
  • Detective and mystery stories, American
  • Western stories
  • Kriminalroman
  • Westernliteratur
  • Westernroman
  • USA
  • USA
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 172-191.
Contents
The historical frame -- The layering of contexts -- Formula and the marketplace -- Zane Grey -- Frederick Faust -- Dashiell Hammett -- Raymond Chandler.
ISBN
  • 0333404955
  • 9780333404959
OCLC
  • ocm14133982
  • 14133982
  • SCSB-8409481
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library