Early American Detective Stories
An Anthology
Edited by
LeRoy Lad
Panek
and Mary M. Bendel-Simso
ISBN
978-0-7864-3711-5
notes, index
358pp.
library binding
2008
Available for immediate shipment
Description
Although the classic tales of mystery have faded from popular culture, avid collectors and cataloguers have ensured their place in the annals of literature. This anthology offers readers an exemplary sample of the hundreds of detective stories published in nineteenth century newspapers and magazines. All but two are stories published before 1891, before Sherlock Holmes appeared in America. The stories are categorized according to common motifs, including the largely unexplored field of women in late nineteenth-century detection. Revealing cultural intricacies that other kinds of fiction cannot, the literature presented here provides new insights into the history of the detective story.
About the Author
LeRoy Lad Panek is the award-winning author of a number of books about detective fiction. He is an English professor at McDaniel College, and lives in Westminster, Maryland.
Mary M. Bendel-Simso is an associate professor of English at McDaniel College and lives in Westminster, Maryland.
Other Book(s) by LeRoy Lad Panek Available from McFarland:
The American Police Novel
Reading Early Hammett
The Origins of the American Detective Story
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