The Critical Response to Dashiell Hammett
Series: Critical Responses in Arts and Letters
Edited by Christopher Metress
0-313-28938-7/978-0-313-28938-5
Description
As author of
Red Harvest
,
The Maltese Falcon
,
The Thin Man
, and other works, Dashiell Hammett is one of the most popular American writers of detective fiction. The critical response to his work has been diverse. Edmund Wilson saw little merit in his novels, while Raymond Chandler pointed to Hammett's originality and artistry. While some critics have considered it foolish to search for deeper meanings in his novels, many others have praised his writings as profound social and literary documents.
Reviews:
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Christopher Metress [has] done an admirable job in providing the reader with a group of essays and selections that not only convey insight into the works of Hammett but also illustrate several critical approaches....The chronology at the beginning of the Metress book is most useful in tracing Hammett's life and his writing career....The book [itself] is substantial, attractively bound, and easy to handle.
—Paradoxa
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