Laird R. Blackwell

Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This critical study presents the first thorough examination of the role Ellery Queen played in the flourishing of the detective-crime short story, with particular focus on the importance of Frederick Dannay as editor of EQMM and scores of short story anthologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9781476676524
• ISBN-10: 1476676526
• Artikelnr.: 54677534

Autorenporträt

Laird R. Blackwell is a humanities professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College in the Lake Tahoe area of western Nevada, where he taught psychology and literature for 31 years. He is the author of four critical studies of detective fiction for McFarland and the recipient of nominations for an Edgar Award and an Agatha Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Queen as Champion of the Past and Patron of the Future One.
From Thinking Machine to Human Being-From Ellery I to Ellery II Two.
A Quorum of Queens, the Old Masters and the New Masters Three.
A Never-Ending Stream of Manuscripts Four.
The Old Masters Resuscitated Five.
The New Masters Celebrated Six.
The Acclaimed and the Awarded Seven.
"'Tec Tyros" as Masters of the Future Eight.
Other Significant Debuts Nine.
The Fine Arts of Parody, Pastiche and Spoof Ten.
Queen as Champion, Cheerleader, Critic and Patron 187 Appendix: Story Titles Works Cited Index