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Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction P. Bedore

Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction By P. Bedore

Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction by P. Bedore

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Summary

This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulsestheorized as contamination and containmentexplain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner.

Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction Summary

Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction by P. Bedore

This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulsestheorized as contamination and containmentexplain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner.

Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction Reviews

"It is very rare to come across work that one can describe accurately as original. Happily, this is one such occasion. The author makes an original and important argument about the relation between dime novels and American detective fiction that will have a major impact upon the field." - Garyn G. Roberts, Northwestern Michigan College, USA.

About P. Bedore

Pamela Bedore is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, USA, where she is an award-winning teacher of American Literature and Popular Culture. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Studies in Popular Culture, Foundations, Writing Program Administrator, and she is the book review editor of Clues.

Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. The Case of the Missing Detectives; or, Reassessing the American Contribution to Detective Fiction 2. The Happy-Ending Deception; or, Uncovering the Subversive Potential of Detective Dime Novels 3. The Case of the Contaminated Icon; or, Allan Pinkerton's Dangerous Detective Doubles 4. Playing with the Ace of Hearts; or, Mentorship, Sportsmanship, and Nick Carter's Epistemological Dilemmas 5. Faulkner, Twain and the Legacy of Dime Novel Detectives 6. Conclusions and Directions for Future Research Bibliography Index

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NPB9781137288646
9781137288646
1137288647
Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction by P. Bedore
P. Bedore
Crime Files
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2013-11-06
204
N/A
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