At 01:36 PM 2/6/2006, you wrote:
>Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:36:09 -0500
(EST)
> From: William Denton <
wtd@pobox.com>
>Subject: Hardboiled genealogy
>
>Mr. Lewis mentioned this on MYSTERY*FILE ONLINE on
Friday [1]: the
>syllabus for Megan Abbot's course on hardboiled
writing at The New School:
>
> http://www.mysteryfile.com/Abbott/Syllabus.html
>
>What's especially interesting is this family tree of
hardboiled and noir:
>
> http://www.mysteryfile.com/Abbott/Hardboiled.pdf
>
>I disagree with the arrangement of things in the
1950s and 1960s, but I
>couldn't do up my own version without a fair bit of
brain work. Have a
>look.
>
>Bill
Bill
I've been meaning to post those two links here on rara-avis
myself. Thanks for getting the job done before I got myself
in gear and got around to it!
The "family tree" Megan says is only a tentative one, one
that she set up for discussion for her students on the first
day of the course. She's really looking for any other input
that anybody else might be willing to give. You can email me
or Megan directly at meganabbott@hotmail.com.
I'm also going to tell her about rara-avis, so perhaps she
will show up here soon.
By the way, here's my review of her first novel, which was
just nominated for an Edgar (Best First Mystery): http://www.mysteryfile.com/Kiss05.html#Abbott
It's a knockout of book, my choice for the best Noir book of
the year. The nomination is well-deserved.
As long as I'm finally taking some time to post this, let me
also suggest to you that Richard Moore has written a long
article on Stewart Sterling that is well worth reading, if
you're a fan of hard-boiled pulp fiction: http://www.mysteryfile.com/Sterling/Detectives.html
... and maybe even a short piece on pulp/paperback writer
Glenn Low, done by James Reasoner, Bill Pronzini and
myself:
http://www.mysteryfile.com/GLow/Author.html
.
Best
Steve
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