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Author:   John Cullen Gruesser
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780786465361

ISBN 10:   0786465360
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   11 September 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Manipulation, Malleability and Metafiction in American Detection One • “Having defeated him in his own castle”: Character Rivalry, Authorial Sleight of Hand and Generic Fluidity in Edgar Allan Poe’s Dupin Tales Two • Expanding on Poe: Varieties of Detection in Key American Literary Texts, 1850–1882 Three • Subverting and Re-Entrenching Traditional Gender Roles: Female Sleuths, Dangerous Women and the Imperial Origins of Hard-Boiled Fiction Four • Detecting Empire Abroad and at Home: Interrogations of United States Overseas Expansion and Jim Crow in Early African American Detective Writing Coda: Black Freedom, Mythic ­Heroism and Hard-Boiled Motherhood in Contemporary American Detective Fiction Appendix: Interviews with Valerie Wilson Wesley (May 2003, January and February 2013) Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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“a distinctive and valuable analysis of cross-cultural currents within American crime writing, shedding new light on the genre’s representations of gender, race and empire”—CrimeCulture; “essential read”—The Edgar Allan Poe Review; “recommended...Gruesser is one of the most readable and stimulating professorial writers on crime fiction, and he has fresh insights to offer on race and gender”—Mystery Scene; “Combining historical breadth and detailed textual analysis, this ambitious and original examination of the importance of gender, race and empire in American detective fiction is indispensable for scholars and fans of the genre alike.”—David Schmid, author of Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture; “An astutely connective and yet wide-ranging study of the genre, showing it to have been from its inception a reader’s path to incisive critiques of gender, race, and American empire-building.”—Norlisha F. Crawford, editor, Clues special issue on Chester Himes (2010).

Combining historical breadth and detailed textual analysis, this ambitious and original examination of the importance of gender, race and empire in American detective fiction is indispensable for scholars and fans of the genre alike. - David Schmid, author of Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture.

Combining historical breadth and detailed textual analysis, this ambitious and original examination of the importance of gender, race and empire in American detective fiction is indispensable for scholars and fans of the genre alike. - David Schmid, author of <em>Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture</em>.

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John Cullen Gruesser is a Senior Research Scholar at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

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