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- Type
- Short Stories
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- ISBN
- 9780195085815
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195085817
ISBN-13
9780195085815
eBay Product ID (ePID)
49622
Product Key Features
Book Title
Oxford Book of American Detective Stories
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2 in
Item Weight
33.5 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-004504
Reviews
"Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have chosen wisely and well. This isan admirable and enjoyable anthology of American detective writing."--JohnMortimer, "Certain to be the standard anthology of American detective stories for years to come."--Edward D. Hoch, editor of The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, "Certain to be the standard anthology of American detective stories for years to come."--Edward D. Hoch, editor of The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories "The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is indispensable to anyone interested in the form."--Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private-eye, Spenser, "The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is indispensable to anyone interested in the form."--Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private-eye, Spenser, "A commanding collection that demonstrates the rich history of the American detective story. Established monuments are represented along with a surprisingly wide range of seldom-anthologized--but very good--writers who deserve re-discovery. Accompanied by insightful introductions to eachstory, the collection provides an extraordinarily valuable combination of information and entertainment. Hillerman and Herbert have done good work."--Rex Burns, "A commanding collection that demonstrates the rich history of theAmerican detective story. Established monuments are represented along with asurprisingly wide range of seldom-anthologized--but very good--writers whodeserve re-discovery. Accompanied by insightful introductions to each story, thecollection provides an extraordinarily valuable combination of information andentertainment. Hillerman and Herbert have done good work."--Rex Burns, "Editors Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have assembled a smorgasbord to satisfy the most finicky appetite." Kitchener-Waterloo Record, "From Poe to Muller, the editors provide selections that elucidate the history and evolution of the American detective story. These classics demonstrate how writers have either adhered to or deviated from the rules. This comprehensive and entertaining work is recommended for all mysterycollections."--Library Journal, "Certain to be the standard anthology of American detective stories for years to come."--Edward D. Hoch, editor of The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories " The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is indispensable to anyone interested in the form."--Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private-eye, Spenser, "In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Tony Hillerman andRosemary Herbert have gathered together the finest short detective fictionwritten in the U.S. from Poe to the present day. If I could have only oneanthology of detective stories on my proverbial desert island, this would be it.The collection contains classic stories as well as tales which deserve to becomeclassics."--B.J. Rahn, Ph.D., "Certain to be the standard anthology of American detective stories for years to come."--Edward D. Hoch, editor of The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories"The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is indispensable to anyone interested in the form."--Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private-eye, Spenser, "The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is less a collection and more a treasure. Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have sifted carefully through one-hundred-fifty years of crime fiction, presenting classics from early masters such as Edgar Allan Poe and Susan Glaspell tocontemporaries like Linda Barnes and Bill Pronzini. This anthology merits both wonderful reviews for the pieces selected and handwritten thank-you notes to the editors involved. A genuinely wonderful addition to the field."--Jeremiah Healy, author of Rescue and Act of God, "In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Hillerman and Herberthave traced the history of American fictional detection from Poe to Muller. Thevariety and creativity of the selections and the scholarship reflected in theintroduction and story notes combine to put this volume on the small shelf ofcornerstone anthologies. No library or individual collection of short crimefiction should be without it."--Jon L. Breen, editor of The Year's 25 FinestCrime and Mystery Stories, "From Poe to Muller, the editors provide selections that elucidate thehistory and evolution of the American detective story. These classicsdemonstrate how writers have either adhered to or deviated from the rules. Thiscomprehensive and entertaining work is recommended for all mysterycollections."--Library Journal, "From the primitive horror of Edgar Allan Poe's abominable Ourang-Outang, loose in the Rue Morgue, to the sophistication of Linda Barnes's private investigator Carlotta Carlyle driving her cab on the mean streets of Boston, these 33 American detective stories are a joyful entertainment and alively lesson in the history of the art form at the same time."--Jane Langton, author of the Homer Kelly Mysteries, "From the primitive horror of Edgar Allan Poe's abominable Ourang-Outang,loose in the Rue Morgue, to the sophistication of Linda Barnes's privateinvestigator Carlotta Carlyle driving her cab on the mean streets of Boston,these 33 American detective stories are a joyful entertainment and a livelylesson in the history of the art form at the same time."--Jane Langton, authorof the Homer Kelly Mysteries, "Certain to be the standard anthology of American detective stories for years to come."--Edward D. Hoch, editor ofThe Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories "The Oxford Book of American Detective Storiesis indispensable to anyone interested in the form."--Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private-eye, Spenser, "...this is a must-have for any aficionnado's collection. The introduction alone is invaluable." Edmonton Journal, "...this is a must-have for any aficionnado's collection. The introductionalone is invaluable." Edmonton Journal, "In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have gathered together the finest short detective fiction written in the U.S. from Poe to the present day. If I could have only one anthology of detective stories on my proverbial desert island, this wouldbe it. The collection contains classic stories as well as tales which deserve to become classics."--B.J. Rahn, Ph.D., "The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is indispensable to anyoneinterested in the form."--Robert B. Parker, creator of the Boston private-eye,Spenser, "In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Hillerman and Herbert have traced the history of American fictional detection from Poe to Muller. The variety and creativity of the selections and the scholarship reflected in the introduction and story notes combine to put this volume on thesmall shelf of cornerstone anthologies. No library or individual collection of short crime fiction should be without it."--Jon L. Breen, editor of The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, "Editors Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have assembled a smorgasbordto satisfy the most finicky appetite." Kitchener-Waterloo Record, "Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have chosen wisely and well. This is an admirable and enjoyable anthology of American detective writing."--John Mortimer, "This is not an anthology, it's a gift basket, and to do it justice we ought to take it along on a round-the-world cruise. There are so many good stories here, told so well, covering such a range of territory and time. They're delightful in themselves, and they're a fine reminder that thedetective story has been a warm home to the finest fiction writers since its very beginning."--Donald E. Westlake, "Certain to be the standard anthology of American detective stories foryears to come."--Edward D. Hoch, editor of The Year's Best Mystery and SuspenseStories, "The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories is less a collection andmore a treasure. Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert have sifted carefullythrough one-hundred-fifty years of crime fiction, presenting classics from earlymasters such as Edgar Allan Poe and Susan Glaspell to contemporaries like LindaBarnes and Bill Pronzini. This anthology merits both wonderful reviews for thepieces selected and handwritten thank-you notes to the editors involved. Agenuinely wonderful addition to the field."--Jeremiah Healy, author of Rescueand Act of God
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Dewey Decimal
813/.087208
Synopsis
Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" launched the detective story in 1841. The genre began as a highbrow form of entertainment, a puzzle to be solved by a rational sifting of clues. In Britain, the stories became decidedly upper crust: the crime often committed in a world of manor homes and formal gardens, the blood on the Persian carpet usually blue. But from the beginning, American writers worked important changes on Poe's basic formula, especially in use of language and locale. As early as 1917, Susan Glaspell evinced a poignant understanding of motive in a murder in an isolated farmhouse. And with World War I, the Roaring '20s, the rise of organized crime and corrupt police with Prohibition, and the Great Depression, American detective fiction branched out in all directions, led by writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who brought crime out of the drawing room and into the "mean streets" where it actually occurred. In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert bring together thirty-three tales that illuminate both the evolution of crime fiction in the United States and America's unique contribution to this highly popular genre. Tracing its progress from elegant "locked room" mysteries, to the hard-boiled realism of the '30s and '40s, to the great range of styles seen today, this superb collection includes the finest crime writers, including Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Ed McBain, Sue Grafton, and Hillerman himself. There are also many delightful surprises: Bret Harte, for instance, offers a Sherlockian pastiche with a hero named Hemlock Jones, and William Faulkner blends local color, authentic dialogue, and dark, twisted pride in "An Error in Chemistry." We meet a wide range of sleuths, from armchair detective Nero Wolfe, to Richard Sale's journalist Daffy Dill, to Robert Leslie Bellem's wise-cracking Hollywood detective Dan Turner, to Linda Barnes's six-foot tall, red-haired, taxi-driving female P.I., Carlotta Carlyle. And we sample a wide variety of styles, from tales with a strongly regional flavor, to hard-edged pulp fiction, to stories with a feminist perspective. Perhaps most important, the book offers a brilliant summation of America's signal contribution to crime fiction, highlighting the myriad ways in which we have reshaped this genre. The editors show how Raymond Chandler used crime, not as a puzzle to be solved, but as a spotlight with which he could illuminate the human condition; how Ed McBain, in "A Small Homicide," reveals a keen knowledge of police work as well as of the human sorrow which so often motivates crime; and how Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer solved crime not through blood stains and footprints, but through psychological insight into the damaged lives of the victim's family. And throughout, the editors provide highly knowledgeable introductions to each piece, written from the perspective of fellow writers and reflecting a life-long interest--not to say love--of this quintessentially American genre. American crime fiction is as varied and as democratic as America itself. Hillerman and Herbert bring us a gold mine of glorious stories that can be read for sheer pleasure, but that also illuminate how the crime story evolved from the drawing room to the back alley, and how it came to explore every corner of our nation and every facet of our lives., Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" launched the detective story in 1841. The genre began as a highbrow form of entertainment, a puzzle to be solved by a rational sifting of clues. In Britain, the stories became decidedly upper crust: the crime often committed in a world of manor homes and formal gardens, the blood on the Persian carpet usually blue. But from the beginning, American writers worked important changes on Poe's basic formula, especially in use of language and locale. As early as 1917, Susan Glaspell evinced a poignant understanding of motive in a murder in an isolated farmhouse. And with World War I, the Roaring '20s, the rise of organized crime and corrupt police with Prohibition, and the Great Depression, American detective fiction branched out in all directions, led by writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who brought crime out of the drawing room and into the "mean streets" where it actually occurred. In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories , Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert bring together thirty-three tales that illuminate both the evolution of crime fiction in the United States and America's unique contribution to this highly popular genre. Tracing its progress from elegant "locked room" mysteries, to the hard-boiled realism of the '30s and '40s, to the great range of styles seen today, this superb collection includes the finest crime writers, including Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Ed McBain, Sue Grafton, and Hillerman himself. There are also many delightful surprises: Bret Harte, for instance, offers a Sherlockian pastiche with a hero named Hemlock Jones, and William Faulkner blends local color, authentic dialogue, and dark, twisted pride in "An Error in Chemistry." We meet a wide range of sleuths, from armchair detective Nero Wolfe, to Richard Sale's journalist Daffy Dill, to Robert Leslie Bellem's wise-cracking Hollywood detective Dan Turner, to Linda Barnes's six-foot tall, red-haired, taxi-driving female P.I., Carlotta Carlyle. And we sample a wide variety of styles, from tales with a strongly regional flavor, to hard-edged pulp fiction, to stories with a feminist perspective. Perhaps most important, the book offers a brilliant summation of America's signal contribution to crime fiction, highlighting the myriad ways in which we have reshaped this genre. The editors show how Raymond Chandler used crime, not as a puzzle to be solved, but as a spotlight with which he could illuminate the human condition; how Ed McBain, in "A Small Homicide," reveals a keen knowledge of police work as well as of the human sorrow which so often motivates crime; and how Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer solved crime not through blood stains and footprints, but through psychological insight into the damaged lives of the victim's family. And throughout, the editors provide highly knowledgeable introductions to each piece, written from the perspective of fellow writers and reflecting a life-long interest--not to say love--of this quintessentially American genre. American crime fiction is as varied and as democratic as America itself. Hillerman and Herbert bring us a gold mine of glorious stories that can be read for sheer pleasure, but that also illuminate how the crime story evolved from the drawing room to the back alley, and how it came to explore every corner of our nation and every facet of our lives., Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" launched the detective story in 1841. The genre began as a highbrow form of entertainment, a puzzle to be solved by a rational sifting of clues. In Britain, the stories became decidedly upper crust: the crime often commited in a world of manor homes and formal gardens, the blood on the Persian rug usually blue. But from the beginning, American writers worked important changes on Poe's basic formula, especially in language and locale. And with World War I, the Roaring '20s, the rise of organized crime and corrupt police with Prohibition, and the Great Depression, American detective fiction branched out in all directions, lead by writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who brought crime out of the drawing room and into the "mean streets" where it actually occured. In The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert bring together thirty-four tales that illuminate both the evolution of crime fiction in the United States and America's unique contribution to this highly popular genre. Tracing its progress from elegant "locked room" mysteries, to the hard-boiled realism of the '30s and '40s, to the great range of styles seen today, this superb collection includes virtually all the great crime writers, including Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Ed McBain, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and Hillerman himself. There are also many delightful surprises: Bret Harte, for instance, offers a Sherlockian pastiche with a hero named Hemlock Jones, and William Faulkner blends local color, authentic dialogue, and dark, twisted pride in "An Error in Chemistry." We meet a wide range of sleuths, from armchair detective Nero Wolfe, to Richard Sale's journalist Daffy Dill, to Robert Leslie Bellem's wise-cracking Dan Turner, to Linda Barnes's six-foot, red-haired, taxi-driving female P.I., Carlotta Carlyle. And we sample a wide variety of styles, from tales with a strongly regional flavor, to hard-edged pulp fiction, to stories with a feminist perspective. Perhaps most important, the book offers a brilliant summation of America's signal contribution to crime fiction, highlighting the myriad ways in which we have reshaped this genre. The editors show how Raymond Chandler used crime, not as a puzzle to be solved, but as a spotlight with which he could illuminate the human condition; how Ed McBain, in "A Small Homicide," reveals a keen knowledge of police work as well as of the human sorrow which so often motivates crime; and how Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer solved crime not through blood stains and footprints, but through psychological insight into the damaged lives of the victim's family. And throughout, the editors provide highly knowledgeable introductions to each piece, written from the perspective of fellow writers and reflecting a life-long interest--not to say love--of this quintessentially American genre. American crime fiction is as varied and as democratic as America itself. Hillerman and Herbert bring us a goldmine of glorious stories that can be read for sheer pleasure, but that also illuminate how the crime story evolved from the drawing room to the back alley, and how it came to embrace every corner of our nation and every facet of our lives.
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PS648.D4O98 1996
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