| A Long Way from Solving That One: Psycho/Social and Ethical Implications of Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer Tales Contributor(s): Mahan, Jeffrey Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819177105 ISBN-13: 9780819177100 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $82.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 89029561 |
| Physical Information: 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The purpose of this book is to study Ross Macdonald's detective fiction as an example of popular culture. The author applies cross-methodological approaches to Macdonald's novels specifically, H. Richard Niebuhr's ethics to The Underground Man, Freudian theories of society to The Moving Target and examines popular culture's social function in terms of Robert Merton's functional analysis of popular culture. In addition, the work includes an overview of hard-boiled detective fiction and a review of previous critical approaches to Macdonald, as well as a summary conclusion and an appendix on adaptations of detective novels to movies. |