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03373aam a2200445 i 4500 001 602719EA066511E4B09646AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140708010108 008 130925s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013035861 020 $a 1137288647 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137288646 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)856053407 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d CHVBK $d CDX $d STF $d WEL $d ERASA $d IUL $d PUL $d DEBSZ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS374.D4 $b B466 2013 082 00 $a 813/.087209 $2 23 084 $a LIT004230 $a LIT004020 $a LIT004230 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bedore, Pamela, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction / $c Pamela Bedore, Department of English, University of Connecticut, USA. 264 1 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2013] 300 $a xi, 204 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Crime Files Series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index. 520 $a "Why is detective fiction so popular? What connects such diverse characters as the armchair sleuth, the hardboiled dick, and the police detective? Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction uncovers the significance of often-neglected dime novels in revealing early examples of the subgenres of detective fiction--drawing-room mysteries, hardboiled 'tough guy' fiction, police procedurals, and postmodern detective fiction--in the genre's first mass instantiation in the dime novels (1860-1915). A study of over 100 dime novel endings shows the prevalence of subversive representations of gender, race and class, while new readings of iconic detectives like Nick Carter and Allan Pinkerton reveal the enormous influence of these figures on future developments in the detective genre. The book argues that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulses--theorized as contamination and containment--explain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner, whose detective writings are clearly informed by dime novels. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Pulp literature, American $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Romanheft. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Kriminalroman. $2 gnd 651 7 $a USA. $2 gnd 830 0 $a Crime files series. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105052621.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826093540.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=602719EA066511E4B09646AEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search