Gumshoe America hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism /
McCann, Sean, 1962-
Gumshoe America hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism / [electronic resource] Sean McCann. - Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000. - viii, 370 p. - New Americanists . - e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-364) and index.
Uncivil society: hard-boiled crime fiction and the idea of a democratic culture -- 1. Constructing Race Williams: the Klan and the making of hard-boiled crime fiction -- 2. "Mystic rigmarole": Dashiell Hammett and the realist critique of liberalism -- 3. The pulp writer as vanishing American: Raymond Chandler's decentralist imagination -- 4. Letdown artists: paperback noir and the procedural republic -- 5. Tangibles: Chester Himes and the slow death of New Deal populism -- Conclusion: beyond us, yet ourselves.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Liberalism--History--United States--20th century.
Political fiction, American--History and criticism.
Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Crime in literature.
Electronic books.
PS374.D4 / M38 2000
Gumshoe America hard-boiled crime fiction and the rise and fall of New Deal liberalism / [electronic resource] Sean McCann. - Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000. - viii, 370 p. - New Americanists . - e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-364) and index.
Uncivil society: hard-boiled crime fiction and the idea of a democratic culture -- 1. Constructing Race Williams: the Klan and the making of hard-boiled crime fiction -- 2. "Mystic rigmarole": Dashiell Hammett and the realist critique of liberalism -- 3. The pulp writer as vanishing American: Raymond Chandler's decentralist imagination -- 4. Letdown artists: paperback noir and the procedural republic -- 5. Tangibles: Chester Himes and the slow death of New Deal populism -- Conclusion: beyond us, yet ourselves.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Liberalism--History--United States--20th century.
Political fiction, American--History and criticism.
Noir fiction, American--History and criticism.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Crime in literature.
Electronic books.
PS374.D4 / M38 2000