And for certain Poe, Wilkie Collins and Doyle are classic
literature and they're the absolute father's and grandfathers
of the genre. The question is, is E.W. Hornung classic
literature? He was Doyle's brother-in-law. His characters,
Raffles the Amateur Cracksman, and Stingeree the Austrailian
bushranger, were very popular, made into a highly successful
movies. But does anyone read him now?
Some make it, some don't.
Patrick King
--- Jack Bludis <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> wrote:
> JIM DOHERTY said, among other things:
>
> >>On the other hand, as William has pointed
out, if
> some
> people are too small-minded to see the worth of
a
> Hammett, or a Chandler, or a Conan Doyle, or,
for
> that
> matter, a Spillane, so what?
>
> >>Why should we care? As far as I'm concerned,
the
> whole question of whether or not crime fiction
is
> literature is settled. We won.<<
>
> I'm not sure who "we" is, but I'm also not sure
that
> whether Crime Fiction can be literature has been
our
> question. The question is, I think, WHICH pieces
of
> crime
> fiction are literature, and which authors do
others
> as well
> as we on Rara consider literature?
>
> Remember that part of the m-w definition
of
> literature:
> "Writings having excellence of form or
expression
> and
> expressing ideas of permanent or
universal
> interest."
>
> Hammett and Chandler have already made the grade,
at
> least
> I think they have. I'd bet dollars to dimes,
that
> most on
> Rara consider them lierature.
>
> Jack Bludis
>
>
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