Hollywood's Detectives: Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir (Crime Files)
📄 Viewing lite version
Full site ›
Book Details
Author(s)F. Mason
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN0230578357
ISBN-139780230578357
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank4,011,342
CategoryLiterary Criticism
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description ▲
The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's Detectives redresses this oversight by examining key detective series of the 1930s and 1940s to explore their contributions to the detective genre.
More Books in Literary Criticism
The Origins of English Nonsense
View
The Elements of Writing About Literature and Film
View
Aeneid of Virgil, The: A Verse Translation By Rolfe Hu…
View
The Essential C. S. Lewis
View
C. S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table and Other Reminisce…
View
Aviation: From Our Earliest Attempts at Flight to Tomo…
View
Mortals and Others, Volume 1 : American Essays, 1931-1…
View
The Centre of Things: Political Fiction in Britain fro…
View
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and …
View