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Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories

paperback – November 5, 2008
by Cassuto, Leonard
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ISBN-13: 9780231126915 ISBN-10: 0231126913
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Binding
paperback
Published
November 5, 2008
Weight
1.0 lbs
Dimensions
22.60×2.00×15.00 cm

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Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories by Cassuto, Leonard. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780231126915.

Leonard Cassutos cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected paperback gems, Cassuto chronicles the dialogue--centered on the power of sympathy--between these popular genres and the sweeping social changes of the twentieth century, ending with a surprising connection between todays serial killers and the domestic fictions of long ago.