The section headed “Contribution” evaluates each author’s impact on the genre.
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The author’s principal series are listed, and descriptions of the principal series characters are provided, where relevant. Ready-reference data at the top of each article include the author’s name, birth and death information, pseudonyms, and types of plot. Handy ready-reference listings are designed to accommodate the unique characteristics of the mystery/detective genre. Like the origial Critical Survey volumes, this set is organized in a format designed to provide quick access to information. Articles in this set range in length from 2,500 to 6,000 words, with the longest articles on such major figures as Raymond Chandler, Ellery Queen, and Georges Simenon. Articles on living authors have been brought up to date, as have the secondary bibliographies for all the essays. All these writers are known primarily for their work in the genre, and most of them have made signal contributions to the field. With the help of the Fiona Kelleghan, the editors of Salem Press have selected the one hundred writers who have had the greatest ongoing impact on the field. That four-volume reference work covered more than 270 noteworthy authors from around the world. The essays in 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction are taken from Salem Press’s Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction, which was published in 1988.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, mystery and detective fiction arguably ranked as the most popular genre of fiction in the United States. The latter half of the twentieth century saw an explosion in the number of books in the genre, and it was accompanied by a proliferation of subgenres and styles. During this so-called Golden Age, writers examined and refined the genre’s conception, consciously setting the limits and creating a philosophy by which to define the genre.
As the set’s Editor, Fiona Kelleghan, explains in her introduction, the mystery/detective genre saw a gelling of forms and conventions during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Since Edgar Allan Poe invented the modern mystery genre in the mid-nineteenth century, the number of authors writing in this field has steadily grown, as have the appetites of growing numbers of readers. Publisher’s Note 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction is a response to the growing attention paid to genre fiction in schools and universities. Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction. Title: One hundred masters of mystery and detective fiction. Detective and mystery stories-Stories, plots, etc. Detective and mystery stories-Bio-bibliography. Detective and mystery stories-History and criticism. Includes bibliographical references and index. (Magill’s choice) Essays taken from Salem Press’s Critical survey of mystery and detective fiction, published in 1988. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 100 masters of mystery and detective fiction / edited by Fiona Kelleghan.
Essays originally appeared in Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction, 1988 new material has been added ∞ The paper used in these volumes conforms to the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1992 (R1997). For information address the publisher, Salem Press, Inc., P.O. No part of this work may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Pasadena, California Hackensack, New JerseyĬopyright © 2001, by Salem Press, Inc. 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fictionġ00 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction Volume 1 Margery Allingham - Harry Kemelman 1 – 374
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