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Hard-boiled Sentimentality by Leonard Cassuto

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Hard-boiled Sentimentality

The Secret History of American Crime Stories

Leonard Cassuto

Columbia University Press · Print & ebook · 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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Authors
Leonard Cassuto
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published
November 5, 2008
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Mystery & Crime Crit · Hard-Boiled Mystery
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Mystery & Crime Crit

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  • 20th-Century America

  • American Lit Crit

  • Mystery & Crime Crit

  • Pop Culture Studies

About This Book

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 killer...

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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.

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