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abc@wt.net wrote:
> Ed, the memory of that dissertation pains me. It's
probably
> even worse than I think it was. Coincidentally,
Robert B.
> Parker and I did our dissertations at about the same
time
> (1971 or so) and on the same topic: Hammett,
Chandler,
> Macdonald. (And, as my wife says, "Look at him now
and then
> look at you.") My title was THE PRIVATE-EYE HERO. I
have
> no idea what Parker's title was.
Bill, I didn't mean to dredge up "painful" memories ;-)
Okay, Sallis did mention Parker. Ross MacDonald came up in
their remarks, too. I'm looking at my notes, trying to
remember in what context the discussion point arose. IIRC, A
fellow in the audience (not me) asked a question if detective
fiction was read in colleges. Then RM's background was
brought up by Tom Nolan (RM's biographer). It was a good
panel. I can follow the Hammett to Chandler to RM influence.
(I wonder who they'd now put after RM? That's a different
panel, I guess.)
Ed
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