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The best works of Dorothy Hughes capture the fear and uncertainty of the shifting sands of the Second World War and its uneasy aftermath. Though her novels are entirely set within the United States, her preoccupation is with the darkening... more
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      American Crime Fiction (Literature)American Women WritersAmerican and Iberian Crime Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe's tales of mystery and horror have remained influential on authors of crime fiction and thrillers to this day. One such example is Dennis Lehane’s best-selling novel Shutter Island (2003), as many reviews identified... more
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      Comparative LiteratureContemporary American LiteratureAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)Edgar Allan Poe
Imagining a queer protagonist, a case deemed unusual for the genre of detective fiction, Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, also known as “A Novel of Suspense” was written in 1955 when queerness and homosexuality were seen as... more
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      Crime fictionDetective FictionAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)Patricia Highsmith
This 1950s pulp writer joined others in a fascination with incest, and it was much more than prurient. Goodis' knowledge of Freud on sexuality is remarkably deep. His study of adult response to childhood repression brought to the surface... more
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Published in "Men After War" (Routledge, 2013)
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      American LiteratureCrime fictionAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)Post World War II Fiction
With the turn of centuries, the world has witnessed a lot of progressive movements, among which feminist movement deserves a special mention. Since the late 19th century, it has gained a steady momentum and besides the physical protest,... more
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    • American Crime Fiction (Literature)
A bibliographic overview of how the corpse is used as a literary trope and plot device in British and American detective fiction of the 20th century.
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      Crime fictionDetective FictionHardboiled crime fictionVictorian Crime Fiction
La versatilidad que ha revelado la novela negra a lo largo de los años le ha permitido establecer una relación de ósmosis con otros géneros. Uno de estas formas literarias es la conocida como "Hollywood novel" ("novela de Hollywood"). En... more
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      Detective FictionAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)Novela NegraRoss Macdonald
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      American Crime Fiction (Literature)Edgar Allan Poe
Wstęp Raymond Chandler napisał dwadzieścia dwa opowiadania kryminalne, siedem powieści, podpisał swym nazwiskiem pięć scenariuszy filmowych, kilka esejów i setki opublikowanych listów. Gdyby jakość literatury zależała od kryterium... more
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      American LiteratureFilm NoirAmerican CinemaProduction Code on Film Noir
Este artículo examina algunas de las características de la serie sobre Dan Turner, escrita por Robert Leslie Bellem. Relatos en los que el crimen, la intriga, la investigación detectivesca, el contenido sexual y la sátira se entremezclan... more
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      Detective FictionAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)Pulp FictionLiteraturas policiales
Draft of biographical chapter of the early life and character of Tony Hillerman, from draft of  a bio-critical study of Tony Hillerman.
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      American LiteratureCrime fictionDetective FictionAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)
In: Folia Germanica, H. 12/2016, S. 153-171 (= Acta Universitatis Lodziensis).
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      20th Century German LiteratureCrime fictionDetective FictionGerman Literature and Culture
A review of Get Louie Stigs by Larry Pavlicek, in Gilbert 21:2 (November/December 2017): 26. Pavlicek's novel is a comedy drama about a small time mob figure sent to a monastery by a judge involved in alternative sentencing. The book's... more
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      American LiteratureReligionAmerican StudiesLiterature
Review of Tony Hillerman, Sacred Clowns (HarperCollins, 1993).
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      Crime fictionDetective FictionAmerican Crime Fiction (Literature)Southwestern Literature
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      Film StudiesSociology of Crime and DevianceVictorian LiteratureCrime fiction