--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, sonny <sforstater@...>
wrote:
>
> Recently there was mention of The Night He Cried by
Fritz Leiber as a
> parody of Spillane. Of course, more recently
Spillane himself was
labeled
> parody, but that's another topic.
>
> I'd be interested in any recommendations of
(intentional) parodies of
the
> genre(s). Thanks.
Well, the two other examples of Spillane parodies
particularly that come to mind whenever this topic arises are
one by Jean Kerr, "Don Brown's Body," and Howard Browne's
ghost job for the third issue of his magazine FANTASTIC,
published as if by Spillane, "The Veiled Woman." It's clearly
a pastiche, but I think there's more than a bit of dig in
there, as well.
Robert Benchley is among those who could be trusted to mock
CF among his other targets. Thurber's "The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty" is as much a parody of pulp adventure fiction
of various sorts as a portrait of the presumed fanbase. Even
if you are interested in hb parodies only, it's still a vast
field, and not a few writers have done affectionate
spoofing.
Todd Mason
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