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Hard-Boiled Sentimentality

The Secret History of American Crime Stories
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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.

Author Biography:

Leonard Cassuto is professor of English at Fordham University and an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in academic journals and popular periodicals ranging from The Wall Street Journal to Salon.com. He is the author of The Inhuman Race: The Racial Grotesque in American Literature and Culture and the general editor of the forthcoming, Cambridge History of the American Novel. www.lcassuto.com.
Release date Australia
November 5th, 2008
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  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
344
Dimensions
152x229x20
ISBN-13
9780231126908
Product ID
3815465

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