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American Small-Town Fiction, 1940-1960
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Pages: 218
Authors: Nathanael T. Booth
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-10 - Publisher: McFarland

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In literature and popular culture, small town America is often idealized as distilling the national spirit. Does the myth of the small town conceal deep-seated
God and the Great Detective
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Pages: 197
Authors: Nathanael T. Booth
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-10-16 - Publisher: McFarland

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The problem of human evil is never far beneath the surface of mystery fiction. This was particularly true in the wake of the horrific events of World War II. On
The Lost Continent
Language: en
Pages: 326
Authors: Bill Bryson
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: VNR AG

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"I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After te
Asian American Culture [2 volumes]
Language: en
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Authors: Lan Dong
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-14 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Providing comprehensive coverage of a variety of Asian American cultural forms, including folk tradition, literature, religion, education, politics, sports, and
Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 572
Authors: Mitzi M. Brunsdale
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-27 - Publisher: McFarland

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Since the late 1960s, the novels of Sjowall and Wahloo's Martin Beck detective series, along with the works of Henning Mankell, Hakan Nesser and Stieg Larsson,