RARA-AVIS: Encyclopedia Britannica


William Denton (buff@pobox.com)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:39:24 -0500 (EST)


The Britannica is now free (except for the ads) for browsing. Their entry on hardboiled fiction is at

http://search.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,40029+1,00.html

They say it's "a tough, unsentimental style of American crime writing that brought a new tone of earthy realism or naturalism to the field of detective fiction. Hard-boiled fiction used graphic sex and violence, vivid but often sordid urban backgrounds, and fast-paced, slangy dialogue" That's pretty good. They do credit Hammett with its invention, though, and we all know that's wrong.

There are entries on Chandler and Hammett, but nothing special.

Bill

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