The Influence of 19th Century Sleuth Fiction on the Early Hard-Boileds
by
Lewis D. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
A literary examination of the influence of 19th century sleuths on the early hard-boiled investigators, this book explores the importance of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the development of detective series by Carroll John Daly, Dashiell Hammett,...