Dime novels and the roots of American detective fiction
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Dime novels and the roots of American detective fiction
（Crime files）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index
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Description
This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing 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.
Table of Contents
- List of Tables Acknowledgements 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 Bibliography Index
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