The topic’s popularity is due to its visceral appeal, enduring cultural resonance, and its utility as a showcase for probing social trends and issues. Irwin, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008 Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories, by Leonard Cassuto, Columbia University Press, 2009 and Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles, by Jon Lewis, University of California Press, 2017. Other examples include Hard-Boiled Masculinities, by Christopher Breu, University of Minnesota Press, 2000 Gumshoe America Hard-Boiled Crime Fiction and the Rise and Fall of New Deal Liberalism, by Sean McCann, Duke University Press, 2000 Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir, by John T. The work is thus an important addition to media and cultural studies.ĭetectives in the Shadows is part of a recent surge in analytical writing about detective fiction. Her new book explores how American detective fiction intersects with the changing moods of the nation and provides keen insight into how fiction impacts collective consciousness. Lee, Professor and Chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Georgetown University, has previously written about crime fiction, the decline of moral authority, and the impact of secularism on the novel. Susanna Lee’s Detectives in the Shadows is an incisive, entertaining jaunt through the hard-boiled genre from its pulp-fiction origins to the present. Detectives in the Shadows: A Hard-Boiled History.
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