Hard-boiled Sentimentality
The Secret History of American Crime Stories
Columbia University Press · Print & ebook · November 5, 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Leonard Cassuto traces how American crime stories converse with sentimental novels through sympathy and social change.
- Genres
- Mystery & Crime Crit, American Lit Crit
- Published
- Columbia University Press, November 5, 2008
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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.
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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.
Crime and Sympathy
Leonard Cassuto traces how American crime stories converse with sentimental novels through sympathy and social change.
Come here for
- The dialogue between crime fiction and nineteenth-century sentimental novels
- Readings of The Big Sleep, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and neglected paperbacks
Expect
- A cultural history spanning twentieth-century social changes
- A closing connection between serial killers and domestic fictions
Where it sits
| Mystery & Crime Crit | 94% |
|---|---|
| American Lit Crit | 66% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th-Century America
- American Lit Crit
- Mystery & Crime Crit
- Pop Culture Studies
- Authors
- Leonard Cassuto
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- November 5, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century America