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Group publication title:

InScriptum

Contributor:

Guidotti, Francesca ; Bianchi, Marina ; Keefe, Sharon ; Bernstein, Beth A. ; Newman, John G. ; Dossena, Marina. ; Łodej, Sylwester ; Marczewska, Marzena

Abstract:

This paper reexamines Raymond Chandler’s influential critique of British Golden Age detective fiction, which promoted hard-boiled realism against the perceived artifice of Golden Age stories. While acknowledging the impact of Chandler’s essay “The Simple Art of Murder”, I submit that his critique oversimplifies the complexity and enduring appeal of works by authors such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Contemporary scholarship reveals that Golden Age detective fiction engaged deeply with social, psychological, and gender issues through sophisticated narratives. By reassessing these works and challenging Chandler’s reductive categorization, this paper seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the literary value and cultural significance of Golden Age detective fiction.

Table of contents:

Articles
7 Davide Del Bello, Spillikins in the Parlor: Raymond Chandler, Realism and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
33 Peter Thomas Mulry, Not So Sweet: Translating and Re-Translating Bianciardi’s La Vita Agra
53 Stefano Rozzoni, Beyond the Icon, Beyond the Human: An Ecocritical Reading of Francis of Assisi across Irish and British Poetry (1960s–2010s)
87 Rosa María Jiménez Padilla, Ecos de la tradición en “Epitafio” de Fernando Aramburu
107 Katarzyna Myśliwiec, Animism as a Key to Remodelling Modern Environmental Ethics: An Ecocritical Reading of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Book reviews
131 Ana I. Simón Alegre, Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919). Cartas, cuentos cortos y artículos periodísticos, Delaware: Vernon Press, 2023, 281 pp. (Revisado por Marta B. Ferrari, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata)
135 Elizabeth Abel, Odd Affinities: Virginia Woolf’s Shadow Genealogies. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2024, xix + 289 pp. (Reviewed by Luca Pinelli, Università degli Studi di Bergamo)
139 Javier Marías, Tu rostro mañana, Madrid: Alfaguara, 2023, 768 pp. (Reseñado por José de María Romero Barea, I.E.S. Azahar, Sevilla)

Place of publishing:

Kielce

Physical description:

s. 7-31

ISSN:

2719-4418 ; 2720-2402 (online)

Publisher:

Jan Kochanowski University Press

Date issued:

2024

Identifier:

doi:10.25951/13109

Language:

angielski

Is part of:

InScriptum. A Journal of Language and Literary Studies

Has part:

vol. 5

Type:

tekst

License:

Licencja Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa - Bez utworów zależnych (CC-BY-ND)

Format:

application/pdf