Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction
Download or Read eBook Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction PDF written by P. Bedore and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : P. Bedore |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2013-11-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137288653 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137288655 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction by : P. Bedore
Book excerpt: This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulses—theorized as contamination and containment—explain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner.
