"A literary examination of the influence of 19th-century sleuths on the early hard-boiled investigators, this... Læs mere
Analyzes the character of the hard-boiled detective, from literary antecedents through the early 21st century. This... Læs mere
Analyzing important themes in George Gissing's novels and recognizing the power of the artist's imagination, especially through the critical works of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, this book reveals how his novels present a lived feel of the world he knew firsthand.