A study of detective and crime fiction and film from the 1920s to the present day that challenges the commonplace perception that narratives depend heavily on plot for their effects.
A study of detective and crime fiction and film from the 1920s to the present day that challenges the commonplace perception that narratives depend heavily on plot for their effects.
Lee Clark Mitchell is Holmes Professor of Belles-Lettres at Princeton University, where he has served as Chair of the English Department and Director of the Program in American Studies. He teaches courses in American literature and film, with recent essays focusing on Cormac McCarthy, John Williams, the Coen brothers, and Edith Wharton. His recent books include Mere Reading: The Poetics of Wonder in Modern American Novels (Bloomsbury, 2017), Late Westerns: The Persistence of a Genre (Nebraska, 2018), and More Time: Contemporary Short Stories and Late Styles (Oxford, 2018).
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Prologue: Procrastinating Plots and Commonplace Pleasures 1: Hard-Boiled Intimations 2: Descriptive Digressions 3: Dialogue Scaffoldings 4: Lost Identities 5: Sequel Reminders 6: Cinematic Resolutions 7: Beyond Authenticity Epilogue: "If They Had Been Better" Bibliography
