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The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 1930s in a very imperfect and threatened society. The stories reprinted in this volume reveal just how widely the genre ranged during the Depression.
Publisher Marketing: The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 1930s in a very imperfect and threatened society. The stories reprinted in this volume reveal just how widely the genre ranged during the Depression.
Contributor Bio: Browne, Ray Broadus Browne is the founding chair of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, he lives in Bowling Green, Ohio. Contributor Bio: Hoppenstand, Gary Edwin L. Arnold (1857-1935) was the author of several books, including "Lepidus the Centurion: A Roman of Today," Richard A. Lupoff is the author of "Claremont Tales" and "Circumpolar: A Novel," Gary Hoppenstand is a professor of American thought and language at Michigan State University. He is the author of "Clive Barker's Short Stories: Imagination as Metaphor in the Books of Blood and Other Works" and the editor of "Popular Fiction: An Anthology," which won the Popular Culture Association's National Book Award.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 1, 1983 |
| ISBN13 | 9780879722364 |
| Publishers | The Popular Press |
| Pages | 128 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 233 × 7 mm · 185 g |
| Editor | Hoppenstand, Gary (Michigan State University, USA) |
