Hard-Boiled Sentimentality

The Secret History of American Crime Stories

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Mystery & Detective Fiction, American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Leonard Cassuto ISBN: 9780231501651
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: November 5, 2008
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Leonard Cassuto
ISBN: 9780231501651
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: November 5, 2008
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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