H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Author:   Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476670690


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   14 July 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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H.C. Bailey's Reggie Fortune and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction


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H.C. Bailey's detective Reggie Fortune was one of the most popular protagonists of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fortune appeared in nine novels yet it was in a series of 84 short stories that were published from 1920 to 1940 where he truly shone, combining elements of several popular archetypes--the eccentric logician, the forensic investigator, the hard-boiled interrogator, the psychological profiler, the defender of justice. This critical study examines the Fortune stories in the context of other popular detective fiction of the era. Bailey's classics are distinguished by well-clued puzzles, brilliant sleuthing, vivid description and social critique, with Fortune evoking images of Don Quixote and the Arthurian Knights in his pursuit of truth and justice in an uncaring world.

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Author:   Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781476670690


ISBN 10:   1476670692
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   14 July 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction  1. Detective Types of the Golden Age  2. The Eccentric Thinking Machine  3. The Scientist  4. The Psychologist  5. The Defender of Justice  6. The Philosopher  7. The Erudite Scholar  8. The Aristocrat  9. The ­Hard-Boiled 10. Literary Elements Exemplified by Golden Age Detective Fiction 11. Fortune Compared with Other Popular Detectives 12. The Fall from Fortune 13. The Archetype of the Reluctant Knight of the Rueful Countenance Appendix A: The Most Memorable Golden Age Detective Stories Appendix B: Reggie Fortune Short Story Collections and Novels Works Cited Index

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impressively well informed...outstanding...unreservedly recommended --Midwest Book Review; examines detective story author H.C. Bailey's character Reggie Fortune in the context of Golden Age detective fiction from the late 1910s and the middle of the 1940s --ProtoView.


impressively well informed...outstanding...unreservedly recommended --Midwest Book Review.


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Laird R. Blackwell is a humanities professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College in the Lake Tahoe area of western Nevada, where he taught psychology and literature for 31 years. He is the author of four critical studies of detective fiction for McFarland and the recipient of nominations for an Edgar Award and an Agatha Award.

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