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
| 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.
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.
