Hard-Boiled Sentimentality
Leonard Cassuto
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected paperback gems, Cassuto chronicles the dialogue--centered on the power of sympathy--between these popular genres and the sweeping social changes of the twentieth century, ending with a surprising connection between today's serial killers and the domestic fictions of long ago.
Année:
2008
Editeur::
Columbia University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
344
ISBN 10:
023150165X
ISBN 13:
9780231501651
ISBN:
2008028238
Fichier:
PDF, 7.60 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008