Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories Book

Hard-Boiled Sentimentality : Hardback : Columbia University Press : 9780231126908 : 0231126905 : 05 Nov 2008 : 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...Read More

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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& mdash;centered on the power of sympathy& mdash;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.

  • 0231126905
  • 9780231126908
  • L Cassuto
  • 18 November 2008
  • Columbia University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 344
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