Erin A. Smith
Hard-Boiled
- ISBN 13:
- 9781566397698
- author:
- Erin A. Smith
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 215
- Dimensions:
- 15.24 x 1.52 x 22.86 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Media Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Hard-Boiled: A Study of American Detective Fiction in the 20th Century By Erin Ann Smith In the 1920s, a distinctively American detective fiction emerged from pulp magazines, challenging the popularity of British mysteries. This genre, known as "hard-boiled," featured a new kind of hero and was characterized by gritty realism. Pulp magazine editors and writers emphasized tough-talking private eyes who relied on their fists as much as their brains to solve cases. Erin A. Smith examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s, drawing on pulp magazine advertising, writer memoirs, Depression-era studies of adult reading habits, and social history. She argues that working-class readers of pulp fiction understood these stories as parables about work, manhood, and consumer culture. Smith's innovative account sheds new light on the hard-boiled genre, revealing its origins and significance in American popular culture.
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