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      Nineteenth Century Detective Fiction: An Analytical History

      LeRoy Lad Panek

      Examines the emergence of short detective fiction in the nineteenth century, as well as the appearance of detectives in Victorian novels. The book explores how the genre has captivated readers…

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      The Origins of the American Detective Story

      LeRoy Lad Panek

      Covers the formative years of American detective fiction, and the societal forces which changed the sensation-laden detective narrative of the mid-19th century to the modern detective story in the years…

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      The American Police Novel: A History

      Leroy Lad Panek

      This work traces the emergence of the police officer as hero and the police novel as a significant popular genre, from the cameo appearances of police in detective novels of…

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      Reading Early Hammett: A Critical Study of the Fiction Prior to the Maltese Falcon

      LeRoy Lad Panek

      This detailed examination of the early works of Dashiell Hammett takes a new look at one of the 20th century’s most influential crime writers and his creation of the hard-boiled…

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      Before Sherlock Holmes: How Magazines and Newspapers Invented the Detective Story

      LeRoy Lad Panek

      Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the nineteenth-century with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Emile Gaboriau, and a handful…

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      After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and American Detective Stories, 1891-1914

      LeRoy Lad Panek

      Explores the development of detective fiction during the critical period between Conan Doyle’s creation of Sherlock Holmes and the advent of the Golden Age of the detective story during World…

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      Probable Cause: Crime Fiction in America

      LeRoy Lad Panek

      American crime fiction has developed into writing that has a commitment to democracy and the democratic way of life, a compassion and empathy and a style which has created a…

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      The Essential Elements of the Detective Story, 1820-1891

      LeRoy Lad Panek,Mary M. Bendel-Simso

      With unprecedented access to digital collections of period newspapers and magazines, this text examines detective fiction during its formative years, focusing on crucial elements of the genre-setting, lawyers and the…

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      Early American Detective Stories: An Anthology

      An anthology that offers readers a sample of the hundreds of detective stories published in nineteenth century newspapers and magazines. It categorizes the stories according to common motifs, including the…

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      New Hard-Boiled Writers: 1970s-1990s

      LeRoy Lad Panek (Professor of English and Chair, English Department, Western Maryland College, USA)

      Focusing on the origins and development of the hard-boiled story, Panek comments on the way it has changed since the 1970s and examines the work of ten significant contemporary writers…

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